[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#650299: Bug#650299: Bug#650299: Bug#650299: Bug#650299: Bug#650299: udisks: KDE cannot mount USB disks

[Michael Biebl]

On 29.11.2011 23:16, Jeffrey G Thomas wrote:
>> Doe PolicyKit in general work? What happens if you run "pkexec /bin/true"?
> I believe it works but I am unsure where it comes into play in my daily routine; I do a lot on the command line when it comes to updates, networking tasks, etc.
> 
> #jthomas at jthomas:16:11:~$ pkexec /bin/true
> #
> #jthomas at jthomas:16:11:~$ 
> 
> That ^^ pops up a box asking for root's password; when entered the box goes away.
> 
>> I'm running out of ideas what could be wrong.
> On my home computer, which is about the same Sid but not quite as updated, the file at
> /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy
> has one of the two changes in it (allow_active), and I didn't make any PolicyKit changes on that machine:
> 
>   <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount">
>     <description>Mount a device</description>
>     <description xml:lang="da">Montér en enhed</description>
>     <description xml:lang="de">Gerät einhängen</description>
>     <message>Authentication is required to mount the device</message>
>     <message xml:lang="da">Autorisering er påkrævet for at montere et fil system</message>
>     <message xml:lang="de">Zugriffsrechte werden benötigt um das Gerät einzuhängen</message>
>     <defaults>
>       <allow_any>no</allow_any>
>       <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
>       <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
>     </defaults>
>   </action>
> 

You filed the bug against 1.0.4-2 which should definitely have
<allow_active>yes</allow_active> in there. Could you attach the complete
file please.

Could you also check with "debsums udisks", if this file was modified.

A apt-get install --reinstall should bring the original file back.

Michael


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