Public bug reported:

Similar reports to this were filed previously:
#1005643 & #1069234

While 1069234 was marked as a duplicate of 1005643, and 1005643 was
marked as resolved, this problem still exists with 13.10.

When attempting to mount any of my local volumes through a graphical
file manager (such as Thunar or Nautilus), I'm greeted with a dialog
like the following:

Failed to mount "keys".
Not authorized to perform operation.

When attempting to mount them from a command line I get the following:
$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/mmcblk0p1
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
Authentication is required to mount MS (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
Multiple identities can be used for authentication:
 1.  Jamin Collins,,, (jcollins)
 2.  Jamin Collins,,, (jcollins)
Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): 

This is presumably because my user is in both the admin and sudo groups.
If I remove the user from the sudo group the prompt changes:

$ sudo deluser jcollins sudo
[sudo] password for jcollins: 
Removing user `jcollins' from group `sudo' ...
Done.
$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/mmcblk0p1
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
Authentication is required to mount MS (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
Authenticating as: Jamin Collins,,, (jcollins)
Password: 

So, there are a couple of problems here.  First is the fact that a local
admin is being prompted for authentication to mount local or removable
file systems.  Second, that the authentication system can't determine
that accounts are, in fact, identical.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: policykit-desktop-privileges 0.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov  5 07:35:31 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-12-21 (1414 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: policykit-desktop-privileges
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-04 (0 days ago)

** Affects: policykit-desktop-privileges (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248249

Title:
  regression: local admin not authorized for many tasks

Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Similar reports to this were filed previously:
  #1005643 & #1069234

  While 1069234 was marked as a duplicate of 1005643, and 1005643 was
  marked as resolved, this problem still exists with 13.10.

  When attempting to mount any of my local volumes through a graphical
  file manager (such as Thunar or Nautilus), I'm greeted with a dialog
  like the following:

  Failed to mount "keys".
  Not authorized to perform operation.

  When attempting to mount them from a command line I get the following:
  $ udisksctl mount -b /dev/mmcblk0p1
  ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
  Authentication is required to mount MS (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
  Multiple identities can be used for authentication:
   1.  Jamin Collins,,, (jcollins)
   2.  Jamin Collins,,, (jcollins)
  Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): 

  This is presumably because my user is in both the admin and sudo
  groups.  If I remove the user from the sudo group the prompt changes:

  $ sudo deluser jcollins sudo
  [sudo] password for jcollins: 
  Removing user `jcollins' from group `sudo' ...
  Done.
  $ udisksctl mount -b /dev/mmcblk0p1
  ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount ===
  Authentication is required to mount MS (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
  Authenticating as: Jamin Collins,,, (jcollins)
  Password: 

  So, there are a couple of problems here.  First is the fact that a
  local admin is being prompted for authentication to mount local or
  removable file systems.  Second, that the authentication system can't
  determine that accounts are, in fact, identical.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: policykit-desktop-privileges 0.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47-generic 3.8.13.10
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov  5 07:35:31 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-12-21 (1414 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: policykit-desktop-privileges
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-04 (0 days ago)

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