First: I did not see "Authentication agent" listed when I ran gnome-
session-properties on my 11.04 server. I did not see it on my Ubuntu
10.04 workstation, either. Not sure what's up with that.
However, you did identify the root of the problem. I did not mention
that I am using VNC. When I log in locally (with a physical keyboard
and monitor), then I am able to "Click to make changes" and change my
hostname.
When I log in using a physical keyboard, it looks like this when I run
"who" (my username is "ubuntu"):
ubuntu tty8 2011-09-11 18:33 (:0)
But when I log in with VNC, it looks like this:
ubuntu 2011-09-11 18:32 (127.0.0.1:1)
I am guessing the difference between (:0) and (127.0.0.1:1) is why my
VNC session is not authorized to make changes. So I am marking this bug
as "invalid".
Thank you for your help. I'm off to read the PolicyKit documentation
now... but if you could give me a hint as to where I need to add
"127.0.0.1:1" it would be much appreciated :)
** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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