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and subject line Bug#1125141: fixed in policykit-1 127-2
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regarding polkitd: polkit-agent-helper-1 missing setuid bit
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Package: polkitd
Version: 127-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
I was trying to install a package using gnome-software, which opened a dialog
prompting for authentication.
The dialog had a warning saying "Incorrect permissions on
/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 (needs to be setuid root)".
Due to the permission issue it was not possible to authenticate this way (also
I was not able to dismiss the prompt, which I will report as a separate bug to
the gnome-shell package).
Setting the bit via `chmod u+s /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1` in a
root terminal fixes the situation for me (although I still had to restart
gnome-shell to be able to interact with it again).
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386, arm64
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages polkitd depends on:
ii dbus [default-dbus-system-bus] 1.16.2-2
ii libc6 2.42-6
ii libduktape207 2.7.0-2+b2
ii libexpat1 2.7.3-1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.84.4-3
ii libpam-systemd [logind] 259-1
ii libpam0g 1.7.0-5
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 127-1
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 127-1
ii libsystemd0 259-1
ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 259-1
ii xml-core 0.19
polkitd recommends no packages.
polkitd suggests no packages.
Versions of packages polkitd is related to:
pn elogind <none>
pn libpam-elogind <none>
ii libpam-systemd 259-1
ii systemd 259-1
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: policykit-1
Source-Version: 127-2
Done: Luca Boccassi <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
policykit-1, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> (supplier of updated policykit-1 package)
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Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:37:46 +0000
Source: policykit-1
Architecture: source
Version: 127-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Luca Boccassi <[email protected]>
Closes: 1125141
Changes:
policykit-1 (127-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Andrew Bower ]
* Fix #1125142 for systems without systemd-sysv installed
.
[ Luca Boccassi ]
* Drop priority from d/control, now defaults to optional
* Bump Standards-version to 4.7.3
* Set the reboot-required flag when upgrading from << 127 (Closes:
#1125141)
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