diff -u policykit-0.9/debian/changelog policykit-0.9/debian/changelog
--- policykit-0.9/debian/changelog
+++ policykit-0.9/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+policykit (0.9-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * Don't chown /var/run/PolicyKit in the postinst, as /var/run is on a tmpfs,
+    and it should be the job of the init script to do this. (LP: #275355)
+  * Use root:polkituser for /var/run/PolicyKit in the init script, as this
+    is what the postinst uses. Thanks to Chris Coulson for spotting this.
+
+ -- James Westby <james.westby@canonical.com>  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:47:34 +0100
+
 policykit (0.9-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Add debian/patches/03_consolekit0.3-api.patch: Try both the ConsoleKit 0.3
diff -u policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.init policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.init
--- policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.init
+++ policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.init
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 case "$1" in
   start)
         mkdir -p /var/run/PolicyKit
-        chown polkituser:polkituser /var/run/PolicyKit
+        chown root:polkituser /var/run/PolicyKit
         chmod 770 /var/run/PolicyKit
 	;;
   stop|restart|force-reload)
diff -u policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.postinst policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.postinst
--- policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.postinst
+++ policykit-0.9/debian/policykit.postinst
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 		--group polkituser
 	
 	libexec=/usr/lib/policykit
-	set_perms root       polkituser  770 /var/run/PolicyKit 
 	set_perms root       polkituser  770 /var/lib/PolicyKit
 	set_perms polkituser root        755 /var/lib/PolicyKit-public
 	set_perms polkituser polkituser  664 /var/lib/misc/PolicyKit.reload