I'm seeing the same problem as Philipp. There's some issue with how
Language Selector uses PolicyKit. Adding additional admin identities to
local authority doesn't authorize them to set system-wide settings in
Language Selector. But adding users to the sudo group works.
Here are steps to reproduce:
1. Start with an account (myuser) with no admin privs. (I.e., not in group
sudo.) Verify no privs in language selector. Verify that running "pkexec id"
prompts for the root password, not the user password.
2. Create a new group containing the user:
- addgroup --system mygroup
- adduser myuser mygroup
3. Configure the new group as an admin identity by creating
/etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/60-mygroup.conf with:
[Configuration]
AdminIdentities=unix-group:mygroup
4. Verify that "pkexec id" now prompts for the user password rather than root
password. This means local authority is now properly configured.
5. Log out and back in again as myuser. Note that the user still doesn't have
authorization for language selector.
6. Add the user to group sudo. (adduser myuser sudo).
7. Log out and back in again as myuser. Note that the user now has
authorization for lanuage selector.
** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008344
Title:
[Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages
Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
In a new install of Ubuntu Precise, I cannot make any system-wide
changes in the language selector (such as installing languages or
clicking "Apply System-Wide"), only user-specific changes. All those
controls for system-wide changes are greyed out, although my user does
have sudo abilities and I would be able to enter the root password of
the machine.
The machine is freshly installed, but with customizations specific to
our site, e.g. ldap authentication for users. Specifically, my user is
an ldap user, not a local one, and there is a group in the ldap
directory which was granted sudo capability by adding it to
/etc/sudoers. My user is part of that group. sudo on the command line
and gksudo work fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.79
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 4 08:20:04 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:
TERM=screen-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: language-selector
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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