On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 8:18 AM Pierre Labastie via blfs-support < [email protected]> wrote:
> Le 12/11/2019 à 03:37, Jared Stevens via blfs-support a écrit : > > In AccountsService, we setup a rule for administrator access. I'm > not sure > > this is related, but ensure that your account is in the 'adm' group > and > > then logout and log back into GNOME. > > > > Hey Doug, > > > > We've made some progress now. After adding the account to the "adm" > group, the > > account now appears to show as Administrator. > > > > However, neither the user password nor the root password still works when > > clicking the "unlock" button to change user settings in GNOME Control > Center. > > > > Furthermore, a new issue has apparently manifested after making the > change. > > Previously, applications that required authentication to access would > present > > the Authentication popup as normal (such as GParted). > > > > Now for some reason, these apps appear to "show" as loading in the top > bar > > before simply never opening at all. > > > > I have gone back and reviewed all of the configuration files created > after > > package installs in BLFS for Polkit, GDM, polkit-gnome, Linux PAM, and > > gnome-control-center, but haven't found anything EXCEPT the fact that I > > apparently forgot to make the > "polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop" > > file at the end of polkit-gnome. Adding that file and doing a quick > > logout/re-login, however, did not change anything. > > > > I am wondering if the issue stems from a package not building correctly > as > > opposed to a configuration issue with authentication, but I am not sure. > I'd > > rather save reinstalling a whole host of packages as a last resort > option if > > possible. > > > > Maybe this has been said earlier in the thread (sorry for asking again if > so), > but are you using the systemd or the elogind version of the book? I am not > sure this kind of problems is completely ironed out in elogind... > > Another thing to check (but if you have an US keyboard, this is unlikely) > is > that the keyboard for the password window is what you think it is (there > is an > option to show it on the screen, I think). > > Pierre > -- > Have you added yourself to the polkit administrator list in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d? Most distros automatically put wheel or sudo group there, but the list is conceptually independent of sudoers. Hazel
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