[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#591618: Bug#591618: consolekit not started automatically when logging in with kdm

[Michael Biebl]

On 04.08.2010 10:34, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Package: consolekit
> Version: 0.4.1-4
> Severity: important
> 
> I recently upgraded my Dell workstation at work from Lenny to Squeeze.
> 
> Upon logging in with kdm 4:4.4.5-1 I get the following error dialog:
> 
> "Warning: Cannot open Consolekit session: Unable to open session:
> Failed to execute programm /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper:
> Success"
> 
> This happens on every login not only on the first one (see 
> http://bugs.debian.org/562026). Also that launch helper is setuid root
> (see http://bugs.debian.org/578203 and http://bugs.debian.org/569058):
> 
> ms at mango:~> ls -l /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
> -rwsr-xr-- 1 root messagebus 39880 27. Jul 21:39 /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper
> 

Is your messagebus user/group lokal or via LDAP?

Could you send me the output of
grep messagebus /etc/passwd
grep messagebus /etc/group

What groups does the system dbus-daemon have? You can get this with:

egrep 'Uid|Gid|Group' /proc/$(cat /var/run/dbus/pid)/status

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