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Re jqsvb2$3a0$1@×××××××××××.orgjqsvb2$3a0$1@×××××××××××.org, walt said: |
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> For reasons I don't know, the polkit daemon wasn't actually running. |
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> Dunno if it failed to start or somebody forgot to start it. Either |
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> way the system was broken, so I'll let the experts figure it out. |
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I had the same problem. I figured out what it was. :) |
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This new polkitd creates a new psuedo-user named polkitd. It sets this |
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with a home directory of /dev/null. which is usually fine. But polkitd |
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attempts to chdir to that home directory when it starts, and of course |
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fails since it's not a directory. So it bails. |
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My quick and dirty solution was to change it's home directory |
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to /var/empty. |
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polkitd:x:122:987:added by portage for polkit:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin |
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Now it will start. That's probably not the best place since it is |
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actually used by and installed by sshd, but it works if you also have |
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sshd installed. Or you can just make it. |
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Now, my next project is to get rid of gnome... |
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-- Keith |
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Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz> |
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public key: ID: 19017044 |
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<http://www.dartworks.biz/> |
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