Bug#522946: gnome-network-admin: Unlock button is locked

[Ximin Luo]

reassign 522946 gnome-system-tools
reopen 522946
thanks

reopening and reassigning as suggested by #debian

X

Ximin Luo wrote:
> It turns out this bug exists for all programs in gnome-system-tools.
> 
> I have tried the following to no use:
> 
> installing gconf-defaults-service
> installing policykit-gnome and running /usr/lib/policykit/polkitd
> installing gksu-polkit and running this instead of gksu
> 
> when i run users-admin as root, everything is blanked out except the user i'm
> logged on through GNOME as.
> 
> polkit-gnome-authorisation can't be run through a root terminal; when i run it
> through gksu or even as normal, all the "grant", "modify", etc buttons are
> locked too.
> 
> in other words, these programs seem think that they are being run as the user
> that's currently logged on in GNOME, even if explicitly run as root.
> 
> X
> 
> Ximin Luo wrote:
>> I have just installed policykit-gnome and the issue still persists. I'm still
>> using 2.22.1-2 though; did you make any other changes?
>>
>> To clarify, the unlock button is locked even when running network-admin as *root*.
>>
>> X
>>
>> Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>>> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
>>> which was filed against the gnome-network-admin package:
>>>
>>> #522946: gnome-network-admin: Unlock button is locked
>>>
>>> It has been closed by Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> (reply to 522946 at bugs.debian.org).
>>>
>>> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
>>> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
>>> better one in a separate message then please contact Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> (reply to 522946 at bugs.debian.org) by
>>> replying to this email.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Re: Bug#522946: gnome-network-admin: Unlock button is locked
>>> From:
>>> Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>
>>> Date:
>>> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:25:09 +0200
>>> To:
>>> Ximin Luo <xl269 at cam.ac.uk>, 522946-done at bugs.debian.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Version: 2.22.1-3
>>>
>>> Le mardi 07 avril 2009 à 15:30 +0100, Ximin Luo a écrit :
>>>> The unlock button is locked. Someone on #gnome on irc.freenode.net said polkit-
>>>> gnome-authorization (in policykit-gnome) might be able to help, but this
>>>> involves installing additional packages. Also, after installation you also have
>>>> to start the polkit daemon, which I can't figure out how to do.
>>> The latest version depends on policykit-gnome, and installing it fixes
>>> the issue. There is no need to start any additional daemon.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
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