Thanks mc2008 - I just set up a VNC server with the instructions you provided, and I can verify the behaviour you see. As suspected, this is just because you aren't on a local console, and PolicyKit is behaving as expected with the default policy shipped with Ubuntu.
So, I'm going to close this bug as invalid. Thanks for helping out. ** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- policykit not available over Vnc sessions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs