Bug#705963: apper: Please document how to setup authorization

2013-04-24 Thread Daniel Schepler
retitle 705693 apper: Asks for password for wrong user severity 705693 normal thanks OK, I finally figured out, from looking in /var/log/auth.log, that for some reason it was actually asking for the password for my "buildd" account. Once I entered that password, the system upgrade worked fine. I

Bug#705963: apper: Please document how to setup authorization

2013-04-22 Thread Daniel Schepler
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Matthias Klumpp wrote: > Hi! > Apper uses PolicyKit for authorization - there is nothing to set up > but PolicyKit privileges, which are usually fine. > So, this is > a) broken configuration on your system > b) a bug in the PolicyKit packaging > Have you checked

Bug#705963: apper: Please document how to setup authorization

2013-04-22 Thread Matthias Klumpp
Hi! Apper uses PolicyKit for authorization - there is nothing to set up but PolicyKit privileges, which are usually fine. So, this is a) broken configuration on your system b) a bug in the PolicyKit packaging Have you checked that you have the latest version of Polkit installed, and a policykit-a

Bug#705963: apper: Please document how to setup authorization

2013-04-22 Thread Daniel Schepler
Package: apper Version: 0.7.2-5 Severity: wishlist I recently installed apper after realizing it was a dependency of the KDE task (but not kde-full). However, it's not working for me -- I've tried both my personal account's password and the root password, and neither is accepted. So, I looked in