[CentOS] Policy kit issue on new install of 6.4

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

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