On 3/2/2020 8:22 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: > I am trying to run a command that appears to need super-user privileges. When > it tries to run, I get: > > ------- > > ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec === > Authentication is needed to run `/tmp/hda-jack-retask-0TDDG0/script.sh' as the > super user > Authenticating as: D. R. Evans,,, (n7dr) > Password: > polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie > ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === > Error executing command as another user: Not authorized > > This incident has been reported. > > ------- > > I have tried entering my password, and also entering the super-user password > (as the wording is rather ambiguous, although most likely it seems to be > wanting the password of the regular user). In both cases, I get the > AUTHENTICATION FAILED message and am unable to proceed. > > I have no idea why this is happening, nor how to fix it. Any assistance would > be gratefully received. >
Looks like it is 'sudo' related, you need to add your user in the sudoers file or in a file in /etc/sudoers.d or to the sudo group. Try 'su --login' to log in as root to set your sudoers file. -- John Doe
