[pkg-lxqt-devel] Bug#991157: lxqt-policykit authorization fails with more than one sudoer

[Bryan Cebuliak]

see the  other  Ubuntu  report  here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxqt-policykit/+bug/1875774

On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 13:09, Bryan Cebuliak <bryan.cebuliak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Package: lxqt-policykit
> Version: 0.16.0-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: a11y upstream
> X-Debbugs-Cc: bryan.cebuliak at gmail.com
>
> Dear Maintainer,
> lxqt-policykit authorisation fails with more than one sudoer in the sudo
> group
> I confirm this previously reported bug description:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1828663
> In summary, an application launch from the lxqt menu requiring pkexec such
> as Synaptic or Gparted causes a failure message if more than one sudoer
> exists. Launching programs requiring root authorisation from the terminal
> with sudo works as expected with 2 sudoers on the system.
> The behaviour persists on Debian Bullseye and Ubuntu 20.04LTS with default
> standard newly installed configurations. Note that sudo rather than root
> authorisation is the default with Debian and Ubuntu. Some users such as me
> may require more than one sudoer on a system.
> The lxqt behaviour is not consistent with other GUI authorisation agents
> such as lxpolkit or the Gnome shell agent, which do allow 2 sudoers to be
> present to work properly.
> Altering the /etc/xdg/autostart/lxqt-policykit-agent.desktop to use
> lxpolkit instead of the lxqt-policykit agent thusly results in the expected
> proper behaviour on the lxqt desktop:
> "
> [Desktop Entry]
> Type=Application
> Name=LXPolkit
> TryExec=lxpolkit
> Exec=lxpolkit
> OnlyShowIn=LXQt;
> X-LXQt-Module=true
> ...
> "
> Best regards,
> Your bleeding user
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 11.0
>   APT prefers testing-security
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
> Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE
> not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>
> Versions of packages lxqt-policykit depends on:
> ii  libc6              2.31-12
> ii  liblxqt0           0.16.0-1
> ii  libpolkit-qt5-1-1  0.113.0-1
> ii  libqt5core5a       5.15.2+dfsg-9
> ii  libqt5gui5         5.15.2+dfsg-9
> ii  libqt5widgets5     5.15.2+dfsg-9
> ii  libstdc++6         10.2.1-6
> ii  lxqt-session       0.16.0-1
>
> Versions of packages lxqt-policykit recommends:
> ii  lxqt-policykit-l10n  0.16.0-1
>
> Versions of packages lxqt-policykit suggests:
> ii  lxqt       30
> ii  lxqt-core  30
>
> -- Configuration Files:
> /etc/xdg/autostart/lxqt-policykit-agent.desktop changed:
> [Desktop Entry]
> Type=Application
> Name=LXPolkit
> TryExec=lxpolkit
> Exec=lxpolkit
> OnlyShowIn=LXQt;
> X-LXQt-Module=true
> Name[ar]=معالج وحدة السِّياسة بوليسي كيت
> Name[cs]=Zacházení s politikami
> Name[da]=PolicyKit-håndtering
> Name[de]=PolicyKit-Steuerung
> Comment[de]=Authentifizierungsagent für PolicyKit
> Name[el]=Διαχειριστής PolicyKit
> Name[eo]=Traktilo de PolicyKit
> Name[es]=Manipulador de PolicyKit
> Name[es_VE]=Encargado del Kit de politicas
> Name[eu]=PolicyKit maneiatzailea
> Name[fi]=PolicyKit-käsittelijä
> Name[fr]=Gestionnaire de PolicyKit
> Name[gl]=Manexador do PolicyKit
> Name[hr]=PolicyKit agent
> Name[hu]=PolicyKit-kezelő
> Name[it_IT]=Gestore di PolicyKit
> Name[ja]=PolicyKitハンドラ
> Name[lt]=PolicyKit doroklė
> Name[nl]=PolicyKit Handler
> Name[pl_PL]=PolicyKit Handler
> Name[pt]=Gestor de políticas
> Name[pt_BR]=Manipulador PolicyKit
> Name[ru]= политики комплект Обработчик
> Name[ru_RU]=Обработчик PolicyKit
> Name[sl]=Upravljalnik PolicyKit
> Name[th_TH]=ตัวจัดการ PolicyKit
> Name[tr]=PolicyKit İşleyici
> Name[uk]=Маніпулятор PolicyKit
> Name[zh_CN]=PolicyKit 处理器
> Name[zh_TW]=PolicyKit處理器
>
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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