[Bug 1008344] Re: [Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages

[Alec Warner]

Other users are made 'administrators' via a custom pkla file.

[Configuration]
AdminIdentities=unix-netgroup:REDACTED_NETGROUP_NAME

These users are not in the 'sudo' group, and are not UID 0.

antarus at goats4 $ groups
eng adm cdrom fuse ops guest ops-perm nonconf mrmagoo corp-kernel goobuntu tracker-users prism-users

I am not in the sudo group (my sudo group is empty), but I am a
administrator according to polkit.

if you are suggesting that we manually add (via the UI) all the
administrators for the thousands of machines we run...I don't think that
is really a workable solution.

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Title:
  [Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In a new install of Ubuntu Precise, I cannot make any system-wide
  changes in the language selector (such as installing languages or
  clicking "Apply System-Wide"), only user-specific changes. All those
  controls for system-wide changes are greyed out, although my user does
  have sudo abilities and I would be able to enter the root password of
  the machine.

  The machine is freshly installed, but with customizations specific to
  our site, e.g. ldap authentication for users. Specifically, my user is
  an ldap user, not a local one, and there is a group in the ldap
  directory which was granted sudo capability by adding it to
  /etc/sudoers. My user is part of that group. sudo on the command line
  and gksudo work fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.79
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jun  4 08:20:04 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:
   TERM=screen-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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