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How to fix GDBus Error org freedesktop PolicyKit1 Error Failed
Background:
I use gdm3+XFCE on my box (amd64, Kali Linux). When I start my XFCE session, I have been getting this error message
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
Even starting a new XFCE session will not help. So far, it looks that this error message has no consequences, but it is annoying. I found a way to fix this, sharing for interested readers.
Screenshots were taken from Kali Linux
root@kali:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux Kali Linux 1.0 Release: Kali Linux 1.0 Codename: n/a root@kali:~#
I am using XFCE desktop/window manager.
To fix this go to Application Menu > Settings > Session and Startup >
Now un-check LXPolkit from Application Autostart tab. Click on Close.
That’s it, you won’t see that error message again.
Conclusion
GDBus Error org freedesktop PolicyKit1 Error Failed is a common issue in many Linux Operating systems which is not just limited to Kali Linux or Debian Linux.
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I cannot say if my fix will apply to every situation, but it seems to work for me and my friends.
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- Fix GVfs Admin “Unix process subject does not have uid set” in Ubuntu 21.10, 21.04
- Method 1: Install old GVfs from Ubuntu 20.10 repository:
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How to fix GDBus Error org freedesktop PolicyKit1 Error Failed An authentication agent already exists for the given subject error in Kali, LMDE or Debian Linux?
This is a small guide on How to fix GDBus Error org freedesktop PolicyKit1 Error Failed : An authentication agent already exists for the given subject error in Kali, LMDE or Debian Linux.
How to fix GDBus Error org freedesktop PolicyKit1 Error Failed
Background:
I use gdm3+XFCE on my box (amd64, Kali Linux). When I start my XFCE session, I have been getting this error message
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
Even starting a new XFCE session will not help. So far, it looks that this error message has no consequences, but it is annoying. I found a way to fix this, sharing for interested readers.
Screenshots were taken from Kali Linux
I am using XFCE desktop/window manager.
To fix this go to Application Menu > Settings > Session and Startup >
Now un-check LXPolkit from Application Autostart tab. Click on Close.
That’s it, you won’t see that error message again.
Conclusion
GDBus Error org freedesktop PolicyKit1 Error Failed is a common issue in many Linux Operating systems which is not just limited to Kali Linux or Debian Linux.
I cannot say if my fix will apply to every situation, but it seems to work for me and my friends.
Thanks for reading. Please share.
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Thanks: I installed XFCE over LXDE w/o reformatting (desiring to keep my /HOME folder). LXDE still shows up as a Login option, as well. Really, I should back up my home folder to this new USB stub I have in front of myself and reformat, first. (Really, I should get my lifestyle into a manner where I may purchase an old Italian villa–thus being able to recline and eat with friends–always poking verbal holes into politicians, while servants busily fan all of us with huge fronds–enjoying life as a carefree (and, careless) patrician Roman might! OK–something spiritual nudged me and chided a few moments ago!: Just now, I opened the package for the stub!)
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GDBus Error [Solved]
GDBus Error [Solved]
#1 Post by larry77 » 2013-01-19 10:32
Dear All,
I use gdm3+XFCE on my box (amd64, debian testing).
Recently, when I start my XFCE session, I have been getting this error message
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
Even starting a new XFCE session will not help. So far, it looks that this error message has no consequences, but it is annoying. any idea about how to fix it?
Cheers
Re: GDBus Error
#2 Post by llivv » 2013-01-19 11:38
I’m not sure what conflict Policy-kit is complaining about.
What I would try is after booting up the machine,
«shutdown gdm3» and then «start xfce» manually.
Double checking if Policy-kit still complains.
The following is how I would do the steps above:
At the gdm3 login screen
Re: GDBus Error
#3 Post by larry77 » 2013-01-19 12:23
Thanks a lot!
Unfortunately, both your procedure and logging in as a new user do not help.
It is not a big deal right now, but I am concerned I may have some troubles in the future.
I have no idea about how to troubleshoot this, so any help is appreciated.
Re: GDBus Error
#4 Post by llivv » 2013-01-19 12:43
its a new one on me too so if you’re patient with me guessing a lot I try to help OK
Describe where this error shows up? Like in a popup message on the xfce desktop?
Also do you have contrib and non-free enabled in your sources.list?
Are you running a full xfce Desktop? ie: all/most of the xfce packages?
Re: GDBus Error
#5 Post by larry77 » 2013-01-19 12:47
llivv wrote: its a new one on me too so if you’re patient with me guessing a lot I try to help OK
Describe where this error shows up? Like in a popup message on the xfce desktop??
Also do you have contrib and non-free enabled in your sources.list?
Are you running a full xfce Desktop? ie: all/most of the xfce packages?
Re: GDBus Error
#6 Post by llivv » 2013-01-19 12:54
Re: GDBus Error
#7 Post by larry77 » 2013-01-19 13:54
Hello,
I reinstalled those packages, removed a similar policy package for LXDE and saved a new XFCE session.
So far the annoying popup has disappeared and problem solved! Will post again in case it should reappear.
Thanks!
Re: GDBus Error [Solved]
#8 Post by ivorscott » 2013-12-14 19:46
This didn’t work for me.
My Solution ended up being this:
sudo apt-get purge lxpolkit
sudo reboot
Re: GDBus Error [Solved]
#9 Post by epp » 2015-04-26 18:25
I added wheezy-backports then installed the MATE desktop from it.
At each login, I see the same error:
I ran this text verbatim, through some search engines and in addition to a Red Hat bug report (on LXDE, marked WONTFIX), it indicated there may be more than one PolicyKit installed. One solution that claimed to have worked, was to uncheck the LXDE PolicyKit box in the MATE Desktop Session Settings. I did this, and the error continued to appear. There is a separate PolicyKit for MATE under the desktop session settings and tried that with both the MATE PolicyKit checked and unchecked. Again, the error continued to appear.
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GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
I’ve just updated, and after the update when I tried to access folders in my GUI file manager (nautilus) with root access (by adding admin:// to the front of the path), I get GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set
I tried to search online, it seems that this message isn’t something that has really occurred that often to anyone at all. I’m at a loss. I loaded a snapshot I made 2 weeks ago and it is fine, then I updated again and then it broke again. It must be something that happens during the update that breaks that access. Anyone have similar problems?
#2 2021-03-20 17:51:54
Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
Just tried it on my laptop and got the same thing
#3 2021-03-20 18:19:05
Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
I can confirm the behaviour. Probably caused by the recent gvfs update.
The terminal shows
#4 2021-03-20 18:30:18
Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
Yep, I just updated again but ignored all updates from gvfs packages, and it is indeed not broken.
#5 2021-03-21 13:04:45
Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
I’m also seeing the same thing. I’ve reporting as a bug so it can be tracked (https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/70108), then I might try digging through the gvfs repo.
Reverting just that one commit reverts the behaviour (below). However, there could be some other issue that’s preventing this change from working as expected.
Last edited by jonathon (2021-03-21 14:34:40)
#6 2021-03-23 11:31:28
Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
Also having this issue. I noticed if I do upgrade the gvfs* packages to 1.48.0-2, I get an «Unable to handle admin: locations» error. Then after downgrading to the 2 cached versions(1.46.2-1 and 1.48.0-1), I get this same GDBus.Error. I’m curious. What other packages could’ve caused this change since it seems to happen with gvfs updated or not? I could check my log and play whack-a-mole, but unsure if that would even solve it.
EDIT: Apologies, Downgrading to 1.46.2-1 again today seemed to have worked. Unsure what happened with the downgrade yesterday that it didn’t. But user error apparently.
Last edited by gdi (2021-03-24 14:12:36)
#7 2021-06-08 18:15:00
Re: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed
Does anyone know if there’s an open issue somewhere on this? It doesn’t seem clearly proven in this thread that this is upstream. Hmm what to do. I use Xfce and now Thunar won’t even start up because of this error:
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I’m not really sure about which RHEL version being used over there. One of our community members RJ has opened such a thread earlier https://access.redhat.com/discussions/3959351. Please check the comments and solutions discussed over there. That may help you as well. Apart from this, I also noticed that there a quit a few bugs related to Polikit being logged. Again, it is may not be related in your case. I’m with the confidence that our community members would certainly notice this and try to provide more strength to this thread, hope so.
Hello Ti Saiful,
Welcome to the Red Hat Discussion forum. Please reread your original post, and evaluate how we can help namely as outsiders. We honestly do not know the background of your system such as what Murthy Sadashiva mentioned above. Please examine this post for posting tips, and provide us more relevant details.
From the limited information I see from your original post, I get the idea you are having issues with the polkit service.
Please run the following commands and provide us either the output or a description of the output.
- Log in as root prior to doing this. If you are having polkit issues, you will have to be patient as you log in.
- NOTE: The output should only say «running» if all services are up and running properly
- If the output is anything OTHER than running then there are problems, and run the following:
- NOTE: If «polkit» appears from running systemctl | grep fail then you ought to consider the info at this Red Hat solution
- Original content
- New content below
- Reload system
You may have to reboot the system.
The above is a bit of a wild guess for your original post If this does not fit your specific issue, please read this post for posting tips, and provide us more relevant details. If this thing I wrote above does not resolve your issue, then by all means, do open a case with Red Hat.
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Fix GVfs Admin “Unix process subject does not have uid set” in Ubuntu 21.10, 21.04
Starting in Ubuntu 21.04, when user trying to open file or path via GVfs admin daemon it outputs an error and refuses to work.
This usually happens when you use “Open as Administrator” or “Edit as Administrator” to open folder or edit file via root. Or when you trying to access another user folder in system, and even using nautilus admin:// , gedit admin:// , or other commands in your script or console.
It usually outputs an error look like this:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set
The issue is caused by a gvfs commit to fix flatpak app network permission requirement problem. To get rid of the error (see bug), reverting just that one commit could be a workaround.
Method 1: Install old GVfs from Ubuntu 20.10 repository:
You can download & install the gvfs .deb packages for the previous Ubuntu 20.10. And here are the links for 64-bit system:
Grab the 6 packages, then open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install all of them:
Method 2: upgrade GVfs via PPA (recommend):
Upstream has fixed the issue by releasing GVfs 1.48.1. Ubuntu somehow stuck at v1.47.91 in Ubuntu 21.10 & 21.04.
Besides building from the source, I’ve uploaded it into this PPA to make life easier.
1. Open terminal either by searching from activities overview screen or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
2. Then either upgrade GVfs via “Software Updater” or run the apt command in terminal:
After installing the new packages, Log out and back in to apply change.
How to Restore GVfs to stock version:
If you change mind, and want to revert it back, simply run command in terminal to purge the PPA which will downgrade the installed packages:
That’s all. Enjoy!
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9 responses to Fix GVfs Admin “Unix process subject does not have uid set” in Ubuntu 21.10, 21.04
I used this to restore the admin nautilus right-click, but it didn’t work.
When I tried to revert, I got:
sudo apt install gvfs=1.47.91-1ubuntu1
[sudo] password for ME:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gvfs : Depends: gvfs-common (= 1.47.91-1ubuntu1) but 1.47.91-2ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: gvfs-daemons ( Ji m April 26, 2021 at 3:23 pm
Try purging the PPA with the updated command. If you have already removed the PPA, install and open Synaptic package manager. Then search gvfs via the tool, highlight it and go to menu Package -> Force Version.
I ended up removing gvfs via “sudo apt remove gvfs” command and reinstalling gvfs and nautilus. Not sure if I recommend it, but it worked for me.
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GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subjec Когда закрываю вроде всё работает нормально.После перезагрузки опять появляется.Никаких программ не устанавливал и не удалял.Никаких флешек или чего другого не подключал. Linux Forever! |
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Разобрался,получился с двух мест пытался запустится lxpolkit ,из /etc/xdg/autostart и из ~/.config/openbox/autostart ,сюда я сам написал автостарт lxpolkit и забыл,и получался конфликт. Из ~/.config/openbox/autostart убрал строчку lxpolkit и весь вопрос исчерпан, Почему до последнего обновления не было конфликта не знаю. Linux Forever! |
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Уберите его от туда, он из /etc/xdg/autostart/xfce-polkit.desktop и так запускается |
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GDBus Error [Solved]
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by larry77 » 2013-01-19 10:32
Dear All,
I use gdm3+XFCE on my box (amd64, debian testing).
Recently, when I start my XFCE session, I have been getting this error message
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
Even starting a new XFCE session will not help. So far, it looks that this error message has no consequences, but it is annoying….any idea about how to fix it?
Cheers
larry77
Last edited by larry77 on 2013-01-19 14:04, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: GDBus Error
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by llivv » 2013-01-19 11:38
I’m not sure what conflict Policy-kit is complaining about.
What I would try is after booting up the machine,
«shutdown gdm3» and then «start xfce» manually.
Double checking if Policy-kit still complains.
The following is how I would do the steps above:
At the gdm3 login screen
at the console login screen
login as user then su to root or use sudo for the next command.
exit out of root and start xfce manually
or you could also try adding another user account and see if
you get the same error when logging in as a new user.
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Re: GDBus Error
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by larry77 » 2013-01-19 12:23
Thanks a lot!
Unfortunately, both your procedure and logging in as a new user do not help.
It is not a big deal right now, but I am concerned I may have some troubles in the future.
I have no idea about how to troubleshoot this, so any help is appreciated.
larry77
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Re: GDBus Error
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by llivv » 2013-01-19 12:43
its a new one on me too so if you’re patient with me guessing a lot I try to help OK
Describe where this error shows up? Like in a popup message on the xfce desktop?
Also do you have contrib and non-free enabled in your sources.list?
Are you running a full xfce Desktop? ie: all/most of the xfce packages?
Last edited by llivv on 2013-01-19 12:49, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: GDBus Error
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by larry77 » 2013-01-19 12:47
llivv wrote:its a new one on me too so if you’re patient with me guessing a lot I try to help OK
Describe where this error shows up? Like in a popup message on the xfce desktop??
Precisely! It is a popup showing up after I login.
Also do you have contrib and non-free enabled in your sources.list?
Are you running a full xfce Desktop? ie: all/most of the xfce packages?
Yes again. I have enabled also contrib and non-free and I have pretty much the whole XFCE desktop installed.
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Re: GDBus Error
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by llivv » 2013-01-19 12:54
see if you have either or both of these packages installed
policykit-1-gnome
policykit-1
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Re: GDBus Error
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by larry77 » 2013-01-19 13:54
Hello,
I reinstalled those packages, removed a similar policy package for LXDE and saved a new XFCE session.
So far the annoying popup has disappeared and problem solved! Will post again in case it should reappear.
Thanks!
Larry77
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Re: GDBus Error [Solved]
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by epp » 2015-04-26 18:25
I added wheezy-backports then installed the MATE desktop from it.
At each login, I see the same error:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
I ran this text verbatim, through some search engines and in addition to a Red Hat bug report (on LXDE, marked WONTFIX), it indicated there may be more than one PolicyKit installed. One solution that claimed to have worked, was to uncheck the LXDE PolicyKit box in the MATE Desktop Session Settings. I did this, and the error continued to appear. There is a separate PolicyKit for MATE under the desktop session settings and tried that with both the MATE PolicyKit checked and unchecked. Again, the error continued to appear.
Is there a known fix for this?
Debian unstable — LXDE and LXQt
Description
pigetak178
2010-11-24 16:58:03 UTC
Description of problem: During login (lxde) this error pops up: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Comment 1
Reilly Hall
2010-12-11 17:17:51 UTC
I am getting this same error on one of my systems that too is running Fedora 14 x64 LXDE. I would be willing to provide more information if requested.
Comment 2
pigetak178
2010-12-11 17:27:42 UTC
Is this bug dead? I've seen no follow up whatsoever. And I'm still getting this error as is this other commenter. HELLO. IS THIS THING ON?
Comment 3
Richard Shaw
2010-12-15 02:01:27 UTC
I'm getting the same error on two F14 x86_64 installs.
Comment 5
Richard Shaw
2010-12-15 14:31:18 UTC
I believe this was caused during an update and is not isolated to F14. I used LXDE as my desktop for my MythTV machine and I remember seeing an error like this pop-up at some point on F13 x86_64. I can't be sure if it was the exact same error as the system auto-started Myth and I never investigated it further since I was already planning a fresh install of F14.
Comment 6
Richard Shaw
2011-01-03 18:41:08 UTC
I think I found the problem. The solution is so go into "Preferences->Desktop Session Settings" and un-check "PolicyKit Authentication Agent" as LXDE runs it's own LXPolKit Authentication Agent.
Comment 7
Dr. Tilmann Bubeck
2011-01-04 07:38:06 UTC
I can confirm, that the alert box is not shown anymore with the fix from comment #6. Additionally I do not see anything broken by disabling the PolicyKit Authentication Agent. Thanks!
Comment 8
Richard Shaw
2011-01-04 13:51:20 UTC
I'm out of my league here but I'll ask a few questions... Are the session "services" (for lack of a better description) DE dependent? If so, then I think PolicyKit Auth. Agent should be disabled for LXDE by default.
Comment 9
Christoph Wickert
2011-01-08 11:13:08 UTC
We need an agent but it does not matter which one this it. IMHO each desktop environment should use it's own default agent. The problem is that /etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop only contains "NotShowIn=KDE;" and lacks "LXDE". I already suggested that change back in April 2010 on the desktop-mailing list [1] but the GNOME maintainers refused. Instead they suggested to hardcode the agent somewhere. This was part of the "PolkitAgentReorg" feature [2] that never happened. IMHO this feature is useless: People should be free to use whatever agent they want. They still might want to use polkit-gnome in LXDE because it has more features (but also more dependencies). Xfce doesn't have xfce4-polkit or alike. We should not and we cannot decide for the users, we should focus on providing a reasonable default configuration that works out of the box and does not throw errors. David, does that sound reasonable? Can I go ahead and make that NotShowIn change in polkit-gnome? What I'd like to know from all you bug reporters: Is there anybody who did a fresh install of Fedora 14 or installed the F14 LXDE spin or did you all upgrade? If you upgraded, polkit-gnome was already installed and lxpolkit was installed in addition to it because it is a new package in F14. If you did a fresh install lxpolkit should have fulfilled the requirement for "PolicyKit-authentication-agent" (a virtual provides that is provided by lxpolkit, polkit-gnome and kdebase), so polkit-gnome should not have been pulled in. Something might have an explicit requirement for one or the other agent hardcoded, this would be a bug in packaging but then. Last but not least I'd like to invite all LXDE users to join our Fedora LXDE mailing list at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/lxde/ This is the right place to talk about issues like this one. I just found this bug by accident. [1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2010-April/006091.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PolkitAgentReorg
Comment 10
pigetak178
2011-01-08 13:05:30 UTC
I did a fresh install of the F14 LXDE (64 bit) and encountered this problem.
Comment 11
Christoph Wickert
2011-01-08 13:35:57 UTC
OK, in order to find out what pulled in polkit-gnome - please try to uninstall it with yum. If there are no deps and it will uninstall, you don't need to confirm. If there are deps, please tell us. - please attach the output of rpm -qa --last to this ticket Thanks for your help.
Comment 12
pigetak178
2011-01-08 13:43:34 UTC
/home/dmobrien: rpm -q polkit-gnome polkit-gnome-0.97-4.fc14.x86_64 /home/dmobrien: sudo rpm -e polkit-gnome error: Failed dependencies: PolicyKit-gnome is needed by (installed) blueman-1.21-6.fc14.x86_64 polkit-gnome is needed by (installed) gnome-session-2.32.0-1.fc14.x86_64
Comment 14
Dr. Tilmann Bubeck
2011-01-08 14:05:28 UTC
I also did a fresh install from standard FC14 DVD and afterwards did a "yum groupinstall LXDE".
Comment 15
Christoph Wickert
2011-01-08 14:46:53 UTC
Thanks for the feedback. (In reply to comment #12) > PolicyKit-gnome is needed by (installed) blueman-1.21-6.fc14.x86_64 filed as bug 668157 > polkit-gnome is needed by (installed) gnome-session-2.32.0-1.fc14.x86_64 filed as bug 668156
Comment 16
boucher.samuel.c
2011-02-13 18:24:32 UTC
I did as in comment 6 and 7 thanks guys it worked
Comment 17
pigetak178
2011-02-13 20:08:42 UTC
I do 6 but it keeps coming back set.
Comment 18
Christoph Wickert
2011-02-13 20:38:12 UTC
Please give me the output of cat ~/.config/autostart/lxpolkit.desktop and cat ~/.config/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
Comment 19
Christoph Wickert
2011-02-13 20:47:50 UTC
I have filed bug 657006 against polkit-gnome now.
Comment 20
pigetak178
2011-02-13 23:47:42 UTC
/home/dmobrien: cat ~/.config/autostart/lxpolkit.desktop cat: /home/dmobrien/.config/autostart/lxpolkit.desktop: No such file or directory /home/dmobrien: cat ~/.config/autostart/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent Name[ar]=مدير الاستيثاق PolicyKit Name[be]=PolicyKit - аґент аўтэнтыфікацыі Name[bn_IN]=PolicyKit অনুমোদনের এজেন্ট Name[ca]=Agent d'autenticació del PolicyKit Name[cs]=Ověřovací agent PolicyKit Name[da]=Godkendelsesprogrammet PolicyKit Name[de]=Legitimationsdienst von PolicyKit Name[el]=Πράκτορας πιστοποίησης PolicyKit Name[en_GB]=PolicyKit Authentication Agent Name[es]=Agente de autenticación de PolicyKit Name[eu]=PolicyKit autentifikatzeko agentea Name[fi]=PolicytKit-tunnistautumisohjelma Name[fr]=Agent d'authentification de PolicyKit Name[gl]=Axente de autenticación PolicyKit Name[gu]=PolicyKit સત્તાધિકરણ એજન્ટ Name[hi]=PolicyKit प्रमाणीकरण प्रतिनिधि Name[hu]=PolicyKit hitelesítési ügynök Name[it]=Agente di autenticazione per PolicyKit Name[ja]=PolicyKit 認証エージェント Name[kn]=PolicyKit ದೃಢೀಕರಣ ಮಧ್ಯವರ್ತಿ Name[lt]=PolicyKit tapatybės nustatymo agentas Name[ml]=പോളിസിക്കിറ്റ് ഓഥന്റിക്കേഷന് ഏജന്റ് Name[mr]=PolicyKit ऑथेंटीकेशन एजेंट Name[or]=PolicyKit ବୈଧିକରଣ ସଦସ୍ୟ Name[pa]=ਪਾਲਸੀਕਿੱਟ ਪਰਮਾਣਕਿਤਾ ਏਜੰਟ Name[pl]=Agent uwierzytelniania PolicyKit Name[pt]=Agente de Autenticação PolicyKit Name[pt_BR]=Agente de autenticação PolicyKit Name[sl]=PolicyKit program overjanja Name[sv]=Autentiseringsagent för PolicyKit Name[ta]=PolicyKit அங்கீகார முகவர் Name[te]=పాలసీకిట్ ధృవీకరణ ప్రతినిధి Name[th]=ตัวกลางสำหรับยืนยันตัวบุคคล PolicyKit Name[uk]=Агент автентифікації PolicyKit Name[zh_CN]=PolicyKit 认证代理 Name[zh_HK]=PolicyKit 驗證代理程式 Name[zh_TW]=PolicyKit 驗證代理程式 Comment=PolicyKit Authentication Agent Comment[ar]=مدير الاستيثاق PolicyKit Comment[be]=PolicyKit - аґент аўтэнтыфікацыі Comment[bn_IN]=PolicyKit অনুমোদনের এজেন্ট Comment[ca]=Agent d'autenticació del PolicyKit Comment[cs]=Ověřovací agent PolicyKit Comment[da]=Godkendelsesprogrammet PolicyKit Comment[de]=Legitimationsdienst von PolicyKit Comment[el]=Πράκτορας πιστοποίησης PolicyKit Comment[en_GB]=PolicyKit Authentication Agent Comment[es]=Agente de autenticación de PolicyKit Comment[eu]=PolicyKit autentifikatzeko agentea Comment[fi]=PolicytKit-tunnistautumisohjelma Comment[fr]=Agent d'authentification de PolicyKit Comment[gl]=Axente de autenticación PolicyKit Comment[gu]=PolicyKit સત્તાધિકરણ એજન્ટ Comment[hi]=PolicyKit प्रमाणीकरण प्रतिनिधि Comment[hu]=PolicyKit hitelesítési ügynök Comment[it]=Agente di autenticazione per PolicyKit Comment[ja]=PolicyKit 認証エージェント Comment[kn]=PolicyKit ದೃಢೀಕರಣ ಮಧ್ಯವರ್ತಿ Comment[lt]=PolicyKit tapatybės nustatymo agentas Comment[ml]=പോളിസിക്കിറ്റ് ഓഥന്റിക്കേഷന് ഏജന്റ് Comment[mr]=PolicyKit ऑथेंटीकेशन एजेंट Comment[or]=PolicyKit ବୈଧିକରଣ ସଦସ୍ୟ Comment[pa]=ਪਾਲਸੀਕਿੱਟ ਪਰਮਾਣਕਿਤਾ ਏਜੰਟ Comment[pl]=Agent uwierzytelniania PolicyKit Comment[pt]=Agente de Autenticação PolicyKit Comment[pt_BR]=Agente de autenticação PolicyKit Comment[sl]=PolicyKit program overjanja Comment[sv]=Autentiseringsagent för PolicyKit Comment[ta]=PolicyKit அங்கீகார முகவர் Comment[te]=పాలసీకిట్ ధృవీకరణ ప్రతినిధి Comment[th]=ตัวกลางสำหรับยืนยันตัวบุคคล PolicyKit Comment[uk]=Агент автентифікації PolicyKit Comment[zh_CN]=PolicyKit 认证代理 Comment[zh_HK]=PolicyKit 驗證代理程式 Comment[zh_TW]=PolicyKit 驗證代理程式 Exec=/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 Terminal=false Type=Application Categories= NoDisplay=true X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.16 NotShowIn=KDE;LXDE; /home/dmobrien:
Comment 21
Susi Lehtola
2011-05-06 16:45:58 UTC
I just got the same error in XFCE4 on a fresh install of F15.
Comment 22
Christoph Wickert
2011-05-21 18:35:27 UTC
Can you give us more details, Jussi? What polkit agents do ypu have installed and which are running? Is gnome-shell installed? It ships yet another agent.
Comment 23
Gilboa Davara
2011-05-27 14:37:48 UTC
Seeing the same with Fedora 15 / x86_64 / XFCE installed. gnome-shell installed. How can I check which polkit agents are active?
Comment 24
Christoph Wickert
2011-05-27 14:47:34 UTC
Look at the files in /etc/xdg/autostart or ~/.config/autostart. 'ps -A| grep pol' also helps but I have no idea how the new agent that is included in gnome-shell is called.
Comment 25
Gilboa Davara
2011-05-27 14:57:40 UTC
OK. I looked the xfce startup configuration and it had two polkit agents: LXPolKit and PolicyKit. Disabling LXPolKit solved the problem.
Comment 26
Jos Vos
2011-09-08 16:26:10 UTC
Where did you find this? On F15 with all updates (and GNOME / LXE / Xfce installed) I get this error on every Xfce session.
Comment 27
Christoph Wickert
2011-09-08 17:09:30 UTC
In the session properties. For LXDE this is lxsession-edit, for Xfce it is xfce4-session-settings and for GNOME is is in gnome-session-properties.
Comment 28
Jos Vos
2011-09-12 13:38:23 UTC
OK, like Gilboa I had in my Xfce session autostart list both PolicyKit and LXPolKit enabled, so I disabled LXPolKit.
Comment 29
bob mckay
2011-11-29 03:31:25 UTC
Still present in F16. This is a bit of a disaster for server systems, because gnome and a lightweight such as lxde are both needed (most users seem to prefer gnome for local sessions; but in my experience gnome3 is pretty much unusable for remote sessions). Requiring users to disable a security feature (i.e. lxpolkit) seems to be asking for trouble down the line.
Comment 30
Christoph Wickert
2011-11-29 08:35:00 UTC
Bob, we are not asking anybody to disable a security feature but to decide which of the two programs that provide exactly the same functionality they want to use.
Comment 31
bob mckay
2011-11-29 15:25:36 UTC
Christoph, I know that's not what you're intending to do, and there's a strong possibility that I'm misunderstanding. But if people become accustomed to turning off lxpolkit on systems which have gnome installed, isn't there a high likelihood that they will think it is also the right thing to do on systems built with lxde only? And if the automatic loading of gnome-polkit ever gets disabled in a future version of fedora, won't the same problems arise even on systems built with gnome? My concern was that this falls into the human factors side of security, setting up a situation where users with limited knowledge are likely to default into unsafe practices.
Comment 32
Linux Zombie
2012-01-11 17:18:38 UTC
Long post incoming.. This really is an issue. I created an account just to post this. I've been scurrying the web off and on trying to find a solution to this. I have done fresh installs of F16 but using Xfce (moved over from Ubuntu Unity = yuk).
Anyways, I can say that initially, it was working fine (fresh install) but at some point after installing other packages and updates, this broke. Info:
- Fedora 16 Xfce spin 64-bit
- /etc/xdg/autostart/xfce-polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop exists but not a ~/.config/... equivalent and contains:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent
...
Exec=/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=X-XFCE;
NoDisplay=true
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.18
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
- gnome-shell is NOT installed
- ps -A | grep pol outputs processes: polkitd, polkit-gnome-au
- yum info polkit-gnome outputs:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
Name : polkit-gnome
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.104
Release : 2.fc16
Size : 356 k
Repo : installed
From repo : koji-override-0
Summary : PolicyKit integration for the GNOME desktop
- xfce4-session-settings does have the check mark for "Policy Kit Authentication Agent
Last to mention, I "do" run vncserver and remote X into the box.
This last piece "might" shed some light. When I had a GUI session on the "head" and a vnc client separate remote X session. The PolKit would popup the root password prompt on the MAIN head's GUI when it should be asking on the vnc client remote session! However, I changed the run-time boot to just multi-user (no initial gui on the "head").. that seems to have solved the issue temporarily (started getting the polkit prompt in the vnc clients), but then this stopped working again.. even without a "head" GUI.
My workaround is to not use the GUI firewall, Add/Remove Software, Software Update, etc. Been just opening up a term window, su, then use yum (and firewall-tui).
Comment 33
Linux Zombie
2012-01-11 17:44:09 UTC
my error's slightly different. If I try to run system-config-firewall, I get: "org.fedoraproject.slip.dbus.service.PolKit.NotAuthorizedException.org.fedoraproject.config.firewall.auth: " if I try to run gpk-application (Add/Remove Software), upon trying to install something, I get a slightly different error with this window: "Authorization Failed - You have failed to provide correct authorization. Please check any passwords or account settings." before, I would get a prompt to enter the root password instead.
Comment 34
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2012-08-16 21:50:36 UTC
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Comment 36
Peter H. Jones
2013-07-29 21:21:58 UTC
Getting this bug in Fedora 19. Here is the message in /var/log/messages: Jul 29 16:58:29 mariehe /etc/gdm/Xsession[1301]: ** (lxpolkit:1652): WARNING **: Unable to register authentication agent: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject Can't change Status or Version.
Comment 37
Michael Shurtleff
2016-06-22 01:38:51 UTC
This problem has resurfaced for me with the upgrade to Fedora 24. I might add that I do have XFCE and MATE installed on that machine, as well as Gnome.