The attached file is a very permissive work around for the issue, it will allow local admins to do any of the potential udisk2 actions. Simply place it in /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d.
** Attachment added: "udisk2.pkla" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1069234/+attachment/3407659/+files/udisk2.pkla -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069234 Title: regression: local admin not authorized for many tasks Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: With 12.10 it looks like gnome-disk-utility has moved to using udisks2 behind the scenes. However, it appears that polkit entries were not created for most of the potential actions that can be taken within gnome-disks. Many of the actions result in an error like the following: An error occured Not authorized to perform operation (udisks-error-quark, 4) I've received the above error when trying to use gnome-disks start a benchmark of a volume. This worked fine under 12.04 (via the gnome- disks precursor palimpsest and udisks). Digging into this, it appears that there are a total of 38 possible polkit actions and local admins are only authorized by default for a total of three of them (via 10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla): org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system org.freedesktop.udisks2.encrypted-unlock-system org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-fstab Contrast this with the authorization for the previous udisk activities: org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-* org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart* Which covers 10 actions from what I can see. For parity with previous releases I believe the following actions also need to be authorized for local admins: org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount [1] org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-unmount-others [1] org.freedesktop.udisks2.ata-smart-* [2] I'm sure there are others as there doesn't appear to be a direct 1:1 translation for some of the permissions. This is a regression with regard to the previous 12.04 release and what local admin users were authorized to do. [1] - covered previously by org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-* [2]- covered previously by org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-ata-smart* ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 20 14:45:17 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-12 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/1069234/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
