Comment 19 for bug 1240336

I think this command helped me:
sudo pam-auth-update --force
I didn't change anything in dialog that appeared.

Best regards,
Eduard

On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Rob Frohne <email address hidden> wrote:

> I tried replacing /etc/polkit-1/ with the one from my Ubuntu 13.04
> partition that works, but it didn't work.
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> Title:
> Not authorized to perform operation....
>
> Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> After a new install of 64 bit Ubuntu 13.10 on my second partition, I
> used dpkg to reinstall all the same packages I had on my 32 bit 13.04
> partition. I copied all my home directory files over and updated all
> the packages. I now find that I don't have permissions to change the
> network settings; I can't mount my other hard drive or any USB stick
> using nautilus, or (udisks without using sudo)' I can't run synaptic
> by clicking on the GUI (I have to go to a terminal and sudo synaptic);
> etc. I can't find any documentation on the configuration of
> policykit-desktop-privileges, so I'm filing this bug. For me it
> appears to be totally broken. Maybe someone can help me out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
> Package: policykit-desktop-privileges 0.16
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
> Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Tue Oct 15 20:20:55 2013
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-09 (7 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64
> (20131008)
> MarkForUpload: True
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: policykit-desktop-privileges
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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