Source: live-config Version: 11.0.3+nmu1 Severity: normal To reproduce:
* Boot debian-live-12.0.0-amd64-gnome.iso (the version used for release-day testing) - KDE has a similar issue with slightly different steps to start the installer, probably all desktops' variants are affected * Wait for a GNOME desktop * Click next/skip until gnome-initial-setup goes away * Press Windows key to go to Overview, and click on "Install Debian" (Calamares) icon in the dash Expected result: Calamares installer starts Actual result: I get a polkit prompt as follows: Authentication Required Authentication is required to run the installation program (logo here) Debian Live user [Password__________________] [ Cancel ] [ Authenticate] Workaround: enter the password, which is "live". The installer starts. If this is not the intended behaviour, the solution would be: - drop a file similar to /usr/share/doc/polkitd/examples/50-local-allow.rules into /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d (if it's owned by a .deb) or into /etc/polkit-1/rules.d (if it's created on an ad-hoc basis by scripts) - use that file to configure polkitd to allow whatever action Calamares is using, without authentication (polkit.Result.YES), for either the live user or all members of the sudo group - when installing with Calamares, make sure that file is not included in the installed system Please ask the polkitd maintainers if more information is needed. smcv