It seems that policykit gets screwed up again on Ubuntu upgrades and installs. This is a recurring issue. All versions to my experience have had issues with screwed up policykit.
** Also affects: policykit Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: unity (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069457 Title: Restart/Shutdown functionality broken. Logout is perfomed instead. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/policykit/+bug/1069457/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs