** Description changed: I installed 8.04 LTS server on a system. Then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt. Installed Nomachine's NX server and connected to it. The unlock buttons on Users and Groups or Network are greyed out and un- accessible. Tried running from a term 'sudo users-admin' with the same results. Works fine with VNC and NX "Shadow" session however this is not really acceptable as it means a session has to be running on console first. I have tried to enable every option in Authorizations to allow the remote session to have privileges to no avail. output of dpkg relevant packages: ii gnome-system-t 2.22.0-0ubuntu Cross-platform configuration utilities for G ii liboobs-1-4 2.22.0-0ubuntu GObject based interface to system-tools-back ii policykit 0.7-2ubuntu7 framework for managing administrative polici ii system-tools-b 2.6.0-0ubuntu7 System Tools to manage computer configuratio - == Workaround == - If you are using NX from NOMACHINE: - - Install package from comment #24 - - Follow instruction from comment #23 - - Reload dbus conf by executing $sudo /etc/init.d/dbus reload + == Workaround == + From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/238799/comments/16 (the packages from comment 24 are broken links now): - if you are using FreeNX: - - Install package from comment #24 - - Edit /etc/nxserver/node.conf and change - '#COMMAND_START_GNOME=gnome-session' - to 'COMMAND_START_GNOME=/usr/bin/nx-session-launcher-suid gnome-session' - - Reload dbus conf by executing $sudo /etc/init.d/dbus reload + For system configuration, change all implicit authorizations under org + -> freedesktop -> systemtoolsbackends -> Manage System Configuration + (org.freedesktop.systemtoolsbackends.set) to "Admin Authentication." - if you are using ssh -X: - - Install package from comment #24 - - Reload dbus conf by executing $sudo /etc/init.d/dbus reload - - Execute the command by '/usr/bin/nx-session-launcher-suid SOME_PROGRAM' + For user management, change all implicit authorizations under org -> + freedesktop -> systemtoolsbackends -> self -> Change User Configuration + (org.freedesktop.systemtoolsbackends.self.set) to "Authentication." + + Reset gdm by rebooting or running "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart" from a + terminal window, and you should be able to unlock the user settings + control panel and other similarly useful things through your tunneled + VNC session.
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