Public bug reported: I upgraded a machine from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 using "update-manager -d". After upgrading, rebooting, and logging back in, I had various user permission problems: I could not change anything in Network Manager, update-manager told me "Not authorized to perform operation" when I launched it, sound did not work, Synaptic would not launch from Dash, etc. Looking for existing bug reports, I found bug 1240336 which suggested to me that this might be a PAM-related problem. I then compared the contents of /etc/pam.d to a machine that was freshly installed with 14.04. Running "pam-auth-update --force" eliminated most of the differences. Additionally, I removed the libpam-ck-connector package (which seems to not be needed?). After this, this /etc/pam.d matched the freshly installed system. After logging out and back in, the problems were resolved.
** Affects: pam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317518 Title: UI Permission Problems After Upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/1317518/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs