I am still having this bug. apport-cli --version 2.20.11
pkexec --version pkexec version 0.105 user2@computer:~/cm$ pkexec bash ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec === Authentication is needed to run `/usr/bin/bash' as the super user Multiple identities can be used for authentication: 1. Administrator,,, (admin) 2. ,,, (user1) 3. ,,, (user2) Choose identity to authenticate as (1-3): 3 Password: polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported. user2@computer:~/cm$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821415 Title: pkexec fails in a non-graphical environment Status in PolicyKit: New Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in apport source package in Focal: Fix Released Status in policykit-1 source package in Focal: Won't Fix Status in apport source package in Groovy: Fix Released Status in policykit-1 source package in Groovy: Won't Fix Bug description: [Impact] The plymouth apport source package hooks wants to gather log files as the root user and apport provides a policy kit policy for collecting that information. This works fine in a graphical environment but not in a non-graphical one. [Test Case] 1) ssh into an Ubuntu Desktop install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or Ubuntu 20.10 2) sudo touch /var/log/plymouth-debug.log 3) ubuntu@disco:~$ ubuntu-bug plymouth *** Collecting problem information The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the application. This might take a few minutes. ..........==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.apport.root-info === Authentication is required to collect system information for this problem report Authenticating as: Ubuntu (ubuntu) Password: .... polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported. With the version of apport from -proposed you will not see the "AUTHENTICATION FAILED" error and the plymouth-debug.log file will be collected. [Where Problems Could Occur] It's possible that the spawned pkttyagent process does not get cleaned up properly and could be left running. When testing the SRU we should confirm it is not still running. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/policykit-1/+bug/1821415/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp