[Bug 598909] Re: PolicyKit authentication always fails

[Gerry Reno]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 221363 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221363

As the reporter, it seemed as if you were trying to push aside this bug.
I'm glad to hear that is not the case.  Thank you.

I have no problem with it being marked as a duplicate of a true bug that
is for exactly the same problem.  But the last time it was marked
duplicate it was for a different problem.

The title of this latest duplicate Bug #221363 looks like it would be the same problem.  
Both of these bugs need raised to Highest priority in my opinion.  
Users hitting this bug have no idea that it is underlying policykit that is causing all the problem.

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PolicyKit authentication always fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/598909
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Status in “policykit-1” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: system-tools-backends


I am running lucid with system-tools-backends at 2.9.4 and am seeing errors trying to run any of:
Time and Date
Users and Groups

example:
$ users-admin

(users-admin:12353): Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Failed to execute program /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success
$ gksu users-admin
(users-admin:12389): Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Failed to execute program /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success
$ gksudo users-admin
(users-admin:12413): Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Failed to execute program /lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success

I checked and /etc/groups did not appear to be overwritten, but the commands still do not work either from the menu or the command-line.

# cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS \n \l

# uname -m
x86_64

# apt-show-versions gnome-system-tools system-tools-backends
gnome-system-tools/lucid uptodate 2.30.0-0ubuntu2
system-tools-backends/lucid uptodate 2.9.4-0ubuntu1

Don't know if any of this is related but here is messagebus group related info from /etc/group and /etc/passwd:

# grep messagebus /etc/group
messagebus:x:108:
# grep 108 /etc/group
messagebus:x:108:
# grep 108 /etc/passwd
messagebus:x:102:108::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
haldaemon:x:108:115:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false


# apt-cache policy system-tools-backends gnome-system-tools
system-tools-backends:
  Installed: 2.9.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.9.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.9.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-system-tools:
  Installed: 2.30.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.30.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.30.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


# apt-get install --reinstall system-tools-backends gnome-system-tools

Reinstalled these packages but it made no difference at all, still have the error.