I recently learned that Ubuntu switched to logind and that console-kit is no longer used so I think this bug can be moved or deleted. I'll try to report this bug to the right package.
Output of loginctl list-sessions shows at least something as active. laurens@laurens-desktop:~$ loginctl list-sessions SESSION UID USER SEAT c1 110 lightdm seat0 c2 1000 laurens seat0 2 sessions listed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372187 Title: Desktop console-kit permissions (e.g shutdown, network, users) broken for all accounts after upgrade to 14.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/1372187/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs