Please disregard first two comments. I had originally filed this bug as a bug with policykit not working at all before I realized that NX could be interfering.
This has been confirmed by a number of people in the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=712006 ** Summary changed: - Policy Kit Unlock Buttons Greyed Out + Policy Kit Unlock Buttons Greyed Out when using NX ** Description changed: I installed 8.04 LTS server on a system. Then installed ubuntu-desktop - using apt. The unlock buttons on Users and Groups or Network are greyed - out and un-accessible. Tried running from a term 'sudo users-admin' - with the same results. + using apt. Installed Nomachine's NX server and connected to it. - Checked and ensured I'm part of the 'admin' group. + The unlock buttons on Users and Groups or Network are greyed out and un- + accessible. Tried running from a term 'sudo users-admin' with the same + results. - Tried to re-install policykit with no change. + Works fine with VNC and NX "Shadow" session however this is not really + acceptable as it means a session has to be running on console first. + + I have tried to enable every option in Authorizations to allow the + remote session to have privileges to no avail. output of dpkg relevant packages: ii gnome-system-t 2.22.0-0ubuntu Cross-platform configuration utilities for G ii liboobs-1-4 2.22.0-0ubuntu GObject based interface to system-tools-back ii policykit 0.7-2ubuntu7 framework for managing administrative polici ii system-tools-b 2.6.0-0ubuntu7 System Tools to manage computer configuratio ** Tags added: nx policykit ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => New -- Policy Kit Unlock Buttons Greyed Out when using NX https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221363 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
