Looking at the diff between upstream 0.105 and Ubuntu's I happened to notice the CKDB_PATH (ConsoleKit database path) /var/run/ConsoleKit/database which seems to be consulted on some occasions.
On the affected PC which was d-r-u-ed from 16.04 ConsoleKit 0.4.6-5 is still installed and that database is present. On another PC that has a clean 18.04 install that doesn't exist because consolekit is purely virtual now. I'm not sure if this is relevant or not but worth reporting. The database contains (for the *good* session) : [Seat /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1] kind=0 sessions=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 devices= [Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1] uid=1000 seat=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1 login_session_id=3 display_device=/dev/tty1 remote_host_name= is_active=false is_local=true creation_time=2018-08-02T01:18:34.707417Z [SessionLeader /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1] session=/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 uid=0 pid=2494 service_name=:1.73 Note it references "display_device=/dev/tty1" That is, I think, a reference to the TTY1 console login I did first. I'm going to restart after writing this and check what is in the file if I open the GUI Terminal shell first. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1784964 Title: Regression due to CVE-2018-1116 (processes not inheriting user ID or groups ) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/1784964/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
