[Bug 793792] Re: New users in admin group cannot use policykit

[Mauro Miatello]

me too, also see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/437508

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Title:
  New users in admin group cannot use policykit

Status in adduser package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in user-setup package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: policykit-1

  New created users in admin, can't get privileges via policykit to do administrative tasks.
  If I create a new administrator user with "adduser --ingroup admin username" is with the intention of he/she to can administrate the system, and he/she won't be able to do it if a policykit authentication is needed, because policykit asks for "root" password, and not for the user password.
  Steps to reproduce:
  1) Create a new admin user with "adduser --ingroup admin username".
  2) Login with the new user.
  3) Delete the old administrator user (installation user).
  3) Try to administrate the system with any tool which requires policykit authentication.
  4) You won't be able because the policykit dialog asks for the "root" password, not for your user password, and the old administrator account has been deleted.

  New created administrator users should be able to do administrative
  tasks with policykit authentication.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: policykit-1 0.101-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Jun  7 00:59:46 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: policykit-1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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