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policykit-1-gnome package

  1. Bug #540247
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 540247

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Per Ångström (autark) wrote : Re: [users-admin] no authorization dialog, unable to add user

pang@barbaren:~$ users-admin &
[1] 3254
pang@barbaren:~$ pkcheck --allow-user-interaction --process 3254 --action-id org.freedesktop.systemtoolsbackends.self.set
pang@barbaren:~$ echo $?
0
pang@barbaren:~$ pkcheck --allow-user-interaction --process 3254 --action-id org.freedesktop.systemtoolsbackends.set
polkit\56retains_authorization_after_challenge=1
Authorization requires authentication but no agent is available.
pang@barbaren:~$ echo $?
2

No, changing my own name doesn't really work, it just doesn't say it failed.