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kgha 11-19-2018 08:24 AM
polkit-0.115 upgrade (Nov19) creates havoc
 
After today's -current upgrades and a reboot I could no longer connect via NetworkManager, getting the message "Not autorized to connet networking". A lot of stuff stopped working - couldn't open a terminal, couldn't connect a USB drive and so on.
Login as root was just as bad.
Managed to downgrade to polkit-0.113 and all is well.
Don't know if there's something dodgy with the new polkit package or if the explanation is to be found elsewhere?

Chuck56 11-19-2018 09:38 AM
Just checking, did you add the new SpiderMonkey package and remove the old SpiderMonkey package?

Code:
Mon Nov 19 02:46:11 UTC 2018
l/js185-1.0.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Removed.
l/libwebp-1.0.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/mozjs52-52.9.0esr-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.
  Required by the new version of polkit.
l/polkit-0.115-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Thanks to Robby Workman.
Let us know.

igadoter 11-19-2018 09:39 AM
Hi, I can confirm strange things happen. Here I have problems with window compositor in Xfce and KDE after while is unresponsive. What caught my eyes was: xscreenserver starting with effective uid/gid 100/43. The 100 is my own uid but the 43 is gid of 'shadow' group. Does it mean should I be aware because possible polkit now is compromised?

kgha 11-19-2018 09:56 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck56 (Post 5927693)
Just checking, did you add the new SpiderMonkey package and remove the old SpiderMonkey package?

Let us know.
Thanks a lot, Chuck. Seems as if I'm not the first, nor the last, who doesn't read the changelog carefully enough. Now where's that "embarrassed" smiley?

rworkman 11-20-2018 12:35 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by igadoter (Post 5927694)
Hi, I can confirm strange things happen. Here I have problems with window compositor in Xfce and KDE after while is unresponsive. What caught my eyes was: xscreenserver starting with effective uid/gid 100/43. The 100 is my own uid but the 43 is gid of 'shadow' group. Does it mean should I be aware because possible polkit now is compromised?
No, that's not even wrong. Probably you missed the replacement of js185 with mozjs52. Re xscreensaver running as uid=you and gid=shadow, this is expected; that's how it can check to be sure you entered the correct password to unlock it.


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