[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#799890: policykit-1: Shutdown/reboot requires authentication

[Bernard & Jennifer Cohen]

> Package: policykit-1
> Version: 0.105-12
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> After updating policykit-1 to 0.105-12 Shutdown, reboot and require
> authentication to actions `org.freedesktop.login1.power-off` etc,
> although they have `<allow_active>yes</allow_active>` and no overrides in
> /etc/...
> Auth required for shutdown via `Log Out` menu option and when pressing power
> button
>
> `policykit-1-gnome` with same varsion is installed
>
> Desktop environment is XFCE with lightdm
>
> All entries in lightdm power menu are inactive as is power button.
>
> This behavior shows only with sysvinit init system, when booted with systemd
> all works as it should
I have a similar stretch/sid system, XFCE with lightdm. Currently with 
kernel:
Linux debian 4.2.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.2.1-2 (2015-09-27) x86_64 
GNU/Linux
using sysvinit.core instead of systemd-sysv.
My "problem" is that my system works without this bug with policykit-1 
0.112-5.3.1~really-0.105-8
I have no idea what update installed this version. If i look for it in 
the Debian package repositories
in Main under policykit-1, package version 0.112-5.3.1 is not displayed.
To make matters more confusing when I had this bug on a similar system, 
I tried to fix it by installing
version 0.113-1 from experimental. This created a right mess which after 
several trial and error'
ad hoc fixes got me to version 0.112-5.3-1, again without a clue for 
where this package came from.
Anyone have any ideas. I have the same bug on my laptop which I'd like 
to fix but I opted for
systemd-sysv instead rather than risk losing the current setup.

Yours,

Bernard L. Cohen




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