Seems like xubuntu somehow managed to break user sessions: I'm member of sudo group and default .pkla in /var/lib/polkit-1 should allow me to shutdown without asking for password if there is an active session. Apparently polkit fails to see the session - I recall there's been some news regarding xfce and consolekit, not sure if it's related.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577227 Title: shutdown fails with password request Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When trying to shutdown xubuntu 16.04 it asks for password. If I close the request window than it logs me out instead of shutting down. This is REGRESSION - such basic functionality as power down machine wasn't broken in 15.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1577227/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp