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schwedeii

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Registered: 2022-01-23

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Error while system-shutdown su and more.

Hey,
here is my last hope. Sorry about my enlish i'm only rookie.
if I like start Synaptic about my user  account with

su enter; 
passwd enter; 
and >synaptic-pkexec

I recive the message:

Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Permission denied

In the Gentoo-forum https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1 … art-0.html i have found the only article about this Problem, but i can't find an error.
Can you help me?

Last edited by schwedeii (2022-01-23 13:20:43)

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: London

Registered: 2019-03-24

Posts: 3,125  

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Re: Error while system-shutdown su and more.

You shouldn't use su to run the synaptic-pkexec script.

Just run it as your normal user.

EDIT: and use su - instead if you need superuser permissions.

Dammit I said I wouldn't post about that again...

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2022-01-23 13:57:19)

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Altoid

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Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 1,581  

Re: Error while system-shutdown su and more.

Hello:

... said I wouldn't post about that again...

Again?
Lol !!!  8^D

Maybe there should be a STICKY like this, somewhere appropiate:

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Note:

FOR ALL RELEASES/NEW INSTALLATIONS ------>   ----->   --->  --> -> READ THE %&$#" RELEASE NOTES

Especially the section with the title "Notes on Specific Packages and Issues".

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Cheers,

A.

Last edited by Altoid (2022-01-23 14:53:53)