I managed to fix this bug by removing upstart. When I reinstall it the bug comes back.
I know it's not a decent solution but I hope it helps you guys debug this issue. I'm of course willing to do further debugging work. This 7 page topic on the Ubuntu forums seems to have lots of users with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2246405 As far as I can see I only have the amd64 version of libpam-systemd installed. Synaptics list these files as installed for the package libpam-systemd : /. /lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so /usr /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/libpam-systemd /usr/share/doc/libpam-systemd/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/libpam-systemd/copyright /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man8 /usr/share/man/man8/pam_systemd.8.gz /usr/share/pam-configs /usr/share/pam-configs/systemd Just to be sure I ran: sudo apt-get remove libpam-systemd:i386 and libsystemd-login0:i386 sudo apt-get remove libpam-modules:i386 libpam-cap:i386 The output was as following: laurens@laurens-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove libpam-systemd:i386 and libsystemd-login0:i386 Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar Package 'and' is not installed, so not removed Package 'libpam-systemd:i386' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libpam-systemd'? Package 'libsystemd-login0:i386' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libsystemd-login0'? 0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 pakketten nieuw geïnstalleerd, 0 te verwijderen en 212 niet opgewaardeerd. laurens@laurens-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove libpam-modules:i386 libpam-cap:i386 Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar Package 'libpam-cap:i386' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libpam-cap'? Package 'libpam-modules:i386' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libpam-modules'? 0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 pakketten nieuw geïnstalleerd, 0 te verwijderen en 212 niet opgewaardeerd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to consolekit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372187 Title: Desktop console-kit permissions (e.g shutdown, network, users) broken for all accounts after upgrade to 14.10 Status in “consolekit” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 1. System worked without any problems under 14.04 2. Upgrade to 14.10 3. Upgrade went without any problems 4. Notice that standby has disappeared from the "gears" menu 5. notice that I cannot disconnect or change the network connection (exact error is: "(32) Not authorized to control networking.") 6. I can't see, change or unlock setting under Settings > User accounts 7. Running "dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop" from the terminal results in the error: "Error org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.NotPrivileged: Not Authorized" 8. Running "sudo pam-auth-update --force" doesn't solve any errors 9. Creating a new user account (sudo adduser) and switching to the account results in the same permission problems. Sudo works as expected so I can help to further debug this problem and provide relevant information. Unfortunately I have very limited experience with ConsoleKit and PAM so I hope I have reported this to the right package. If someone could point me in the right direction (wiki, man page, tutorial) I would be more than happy to see if I can see what went wrong and if I can debug this myself. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: consolekit 0.4.6-5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-16.22-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Sep 21 23:55:41 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-21 (518 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130421) SourcePackage: consolekit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-14 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/1372187/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
