Emmett Culley wrote: > On 03/19/2013 07:25 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Emmett Culley wrote: >>> Twice I've done a fresh install of a "Development" machine. In both >>> cases pkexec as a normal user always returns "Error executing command as >>> another user: No authentication agent was found." This keeps me from getting a >>> root command line and prevents yumex from starting from the launcher. >>> >>> I've googled and found nothing accept some references to installing >>> virtual box. Checking the man pages for polkit was no help either. >>> >>> Since this only happens when I install the "Development" group I must >>> assume that some package is missing, and I am at a loss as to where to >>> look. >>> >>> Any clues? >> >> Completely unfamiliar with pkexec, but it sounds as though no >> authentication agent is running. Is something like ssh-agent running, >> and have you added credentials (e.g. ssh-add)? > > Kwallet is running and working as I get prompted, as expected, for my > private key passwords when appropriate. > > I didn't know anything about pkexec either, until now. I only found out > about it by googling for the error quoted above. I have, in the past, run > into issues starting a root terminal from the launcher (KDE), but it has > always returned to normal after a restart or re-login. This is the first > time it has been persistent and consistent. > > All the searches seem to indicate that the polkit daemon is not configured > correctly, but in no case is there any suggestions on how to configure it. > > I'll keep looking for documentation. Have you read the man page? I just did, and I've got a really good guess as to why it says that: it appears to want to work like sudo - someotheruser mark