If we can't make polkit provide the desired information without real
authentication attempts, and since this is a GUI issue and not a
security issue, maybe a gsettings key could be a sufficient solution to
this bug.
try:
gsettings_value = subprocess.check_output(
['gsettings', 'get', 'com.ubuntu.language-selector',
'no-greyed-out-admin-buttons']).decode().rstrip()
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
gsettings_value = 'false'
if gsettings_value == 'true':
self.is_admin = True
else:
# find out if user has admin privileges via unix groups
try:
in_grp_admin = grp.getgrnam("admin")[2] in os.getgroups()
except KeyError:
in_grp_admin = False
try:
in_grp_sudo = grp.getgrnam("sudo")[2] in os.getgroups()
except KeyError:
in_grp_sudo = False
self.is_admin = (os.getuid() == 0 or in_grp_sudo or in_grp_admin)
Then, when giving a user admin privileges without using the "sudo" or
"admin" unix group, changing the value of the gsettings key for that
user would prevent the buttons in question from being greyed out.
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checks "admin" group membership instead of querying polkit
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