[Bug 1008344] Re: checks "admin" group membership instead of querying polkit

[Martin Pitt]

I previously just tried this under "su", but I fell into the trap that
this looks at allow_inactive, not allow_active. Sorry about that.

I filed an upstream polkit bug to get access to this information, as
this is IMHO the only clean way of fixing this. Until then, I suggest to
either leave that bug open or always show the "Apply system-wide"
buttons as that will at least make the functionality available (but it
may not work for non-admins).

** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #60103
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60103

** Also affects: policykit via
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60103
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  checks "admin" group membership instead of querying polkit

Status in PolicyKit:
  Unknown
Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

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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