Re: [gentoo-user] dbus problems - am I the only one who has these?

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 07/11/2013 10:31:04 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:36:29 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>
> > Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling
> > StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1:
> > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to
> > execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success
>
> I get this on my desktop but not my laptop, yet I have been unable to
> find the difference that accounts for it. In the end I gave up and
> made
> /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper world-executable :(
>
>

Thanks, that fixed it. It looks as if a process switches its UID to a  
non-root UID.
Perhaps the ebuild should be fixed to install sys-apps/dbus with these  
permissions.

Helmut