john doe wrote on 3/2/20 12:31 PM: > On 3/2/2020 8:22 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >> I am trying to run a command that appears to need super-user privileges. When >> it tries to run, I get: >> >> ------- >> >> ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec === >> Authentication is needed to run `/tmp/hda-jack-retask-0TDDG0/script.sh' as the >> super user >> Authenticating as: D. R. Evans,,, (n7dr) >> Password: >> polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: >> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie >> ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === >> Error executing command as another user: Not authorized >> >> This incident has been reported. >> >> ------- >> >> I have tried entering my password, and also entering the super-user password >> (as the wording is rather ambiguous, although most likely it seems to be >> wanting the password of the regular user). In both cases, I get the >> AUTHENTICATION FAILED message and am unable to proceed. >> >> I have no idea why this is happening, nor how to fix it. Any assistance would >> be gratefully received. >> > > Looks like it is 'sudo' related, you need to add your user in the > sudoers file or in a file in /etc/sudoers.d or to the sudo group. > I am already in the sudo group: ------- root@zbrew:/etc# groups n7dr n7dr : n7dr cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev root@zbrew:/etc# ------- and the sudoers file confirms that I should be able to do anything: ------- # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL ------- Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans
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