Permission needed for anything

[skillllllz]

Something is not right, it should not ask you for your password to shutdown the computer. Are you shutting down from the command line?

[gameguy]

Tried, Didn't work. Typed into terminal, said that it needed to be installed. Installed it and now don't know what to do with it.

[doas777]

i disagree, shutdown should require admin if another user is still logged in. this is at heart a multi-user system after all. if you are the only one though, it should just go through.

[gameguy]

Are you shutting down from the command line?

No.

[gameguy]

Single user system

[gameguy]

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

[sisco311]

i disagree, shutdown should require admin if another user is still logged in. this is at heart a multi-user system after all. if you are the only one though, it should just go through.

That's the default, I don't know why is not working for the OP.


@OP: Please post the content of the /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy file:

cat /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy

[scottuss]

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

You definitely only have 1 user account?

What do you see under System > Administration > Users and Groups ?

[SoFl W]

Are two users logged in at the same time? Perhaps you are also logged in with a guest account?

[gameguy]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
"-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd">

<!--
Policy definitions for ConsoleKit
-->

<policyconfig>

<action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop">
<description>Stop the system</description>
<message>System policy prevents stopping the system</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>
</defaults>
</action>

<action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop-multiple-users">
<description>Stop the system when multiple users are logged in</description>
<message>System policy prevents stopping the system when other users are logged in</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
</defaults>
</action>

<action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart">
<description>Restart the system</description>
<message>System policy prevents restarting the system</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>
</defaults>
</action>

<action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart-multiple-users">
<description>Restart the system when multiple users are logged in</description>
<message>System policy prevents restarting the system when other users are logged in</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
</defaults>
</action>

</policyconfig>

and about the user account:
I have Matt and root