Bug 413247 - Polkit Authorization problem
Summary: Polkit Authorization problem
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: policykit-kde-agent-1
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.17.0
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jaroslav Reznik
URL:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2019-10-20 17:15 UTC by BarryHavenga
Modified: 2021-05-07 04:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
revert code to fix pkexec requesting root authentication (638 bytes, patch)
2019-12-04 15:02 UTC, Texstar
Details
attachment-9296-0.html (971 bytes, text/html)
2019-12-04 17:27 UTC, BarryHavenga
Details
ActivCapital_2018EmailSignature_v1-01-1.png (7.66 KB, image/png)
2019-12-04 17:27 UTC, BarryHavenga
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Description BarryHavenga 2019-10-20 17:15:01 UTC
SUMMARY

After latest updates to kde 5.17, when I try and open a program that requires root access eg Synaptic the rotine to request the root password is not invoked and the program does not open. If sudo synapitic is run from terminal it opens.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try to open any program that requires root access.
2. 
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Program does not open

EXPECTED RESULT
Program should request root password and then open.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: KDE neon 5.17
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.63.0
Qt Version: 5.13.1
Kernel Version: 5.3.7-050307-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4770S CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 15,6 GiB of RAM
Comment 1 Texstar 2019-12-04 15:02:20 UTC
Created attachment 124313 [details]
revert code to fix pkexec requesting root authentication
Comment 2 Texstar 2019-12-04 15:05:37 UTC
After updating to 5.17.4 no program using pkexec requesting root authentication would work. Reverted the change to fix it for us.
Comment 3 BarryHavenga 2019-12-04 17:27:38 UTC
Created attachment 124316 [details]
attachment-9296-0.html

Thanks


On 2019/12/04 17:05, Texstar wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413247
>
> --- Comment #2 from Texstar <texstar@gmail.com> ---
> After updating to 5.17.4 no program using pkexec requesting root authentication
> would work. Reverted the change to fix it for us.
>
Comment 4 BarryHavenga 2019-12-04 17:27:38 UTC
Created attachment 124317 [details]
ActivCapital_2018EmailSignature_v1-01-1.png
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-04-07 17:11:50 UTC
Is this still a problem for unpatched Plasma 5.21? It's working fine for me in openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2021-04-22 04:33:16 UTC
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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2021-05-07 04:33:35 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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