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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 23.09.2015 um 20:51 schrieb Sergei Gorokhov:
> 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

Most likely a systemd-shim related problem then.

What does
$ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID

Unless you have a good reason to stick with sysvinit, upgrade to systemd.

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