Yes, this is the whole problem. but maybe we can at least show a message indicating this issue or find some other solution, because this behaviour is highly confusing for new users. I'll need to find out if something in this direction can be done :-) Thank you for the bug report, btw! Cheers, Matthias
2012/6/3 Sebastian Heinlein <[email protected]>: > Am Sonntag, den 03.06.2012, 14:41 +0000 schrieb fabioamd87: >> I give this command in ssh on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine. it just exit. > > This is not supported because there isn't any policykit agent in the > terminal session available. You could adjust the privileges in the > policykit configuration to allow all commands of a specific user without > asking for any authentication and not using a desktop session. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of > PackageKit-Team, which is subscribed to packagekit in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008106 > > Title: > pkcon update fails to obtain authentication > > Status in “packagekit” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > fabio@muletto:~$ pkcon update > Updating system [=========================] > Waiting in queue [=========================] > Waiting for authentication [=========================] > Fatal error: Failed to obtain authentication. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1008106/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008106 Title: pkcon update fails to obtain authentication To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1008106/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
