Polkit update from 0.112 to 0.113 Affects USB mounts

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#21

See my latest post immediately preceding yours in this thread.

Yes, warm boots did not help; only a cold start fixed it.

#22

Hmmm…

There is still an issue with the 0.113 PolicyKit update

If I use the KDE Device Notifier to mount/unmount devices, it works
until I logoff then login again with the same userid. After the subsequent
login, attempts to mount using the Device Notifier cause a root auth
dialog to pop up.

Logging off of the problem session, then logging on then off with a different userid,
then logging on with the original (problem) userid fixes the mount issue.

But logging off then back on with the same userid causes the Device Notifier
mount attempts to pop a root auth dialog.

Here is an example (KDE desktop):

  1. login as larry
  2. use device notifier to mount, then unmount an external USB drive (multiple mount/unmount cycles if you wish).
  3. logoff
  4. login as larry again
  5. use device notifier to mount an external USB drive - a root auth dialog pops up every time.
    if the root pswd is supplied the device does mount and is accessible.
  6. use device notifier to ensure the USB drive is unmounted.
  7. logout
  8. login as bill
  9. logout
  10. login as larry
  11. use device notifier to mount, then unmount an external USB drive (multiple mount/unmount cycles if you wish).
  12. repeat steps 3 thru 11 as often as you wish - the results are always the same.

I think I’ll roll the 3 v0.113 PolicyKit pkgs back to v0.112

#23

Ok I can confirm this here too logging out and then back in causes a root password requirement.

It broke have you reported this in bugzilla yet If you do I’ll add to it

#24

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950864

#25

Thanks. I added a comment to your bug report. I’m guessing that this is a systemd issue (or a communication issue between polkit and systemd).