Now I can't open MCC & I'm not able to access other media

[kuman]

"Now I can't open MCC & I'm not able to access other media as SD cards & usb sticks.

[doktor5000]

Sorry, but you need to be a little more verbose then that and provide some actual details.

What happens if you run

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drakconf

as normal user from a terminal? Do you get a password prompt? Does it accept your password? If not, please provide the complete output in the terminal here.

Also as root please provide the output of the following commands:

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systemctl status polkit.service
ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit
mount


When accessing SD cards and other removable media, is there any error message when mounting or accessing them? How do you try to access them? What filesystems are in use on those?

[magfan]

Well, I have the same problem. I am user "mer":

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$ drakconf
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.
$ systemctl status polkit.service
● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Mi 2015-09-16 12:08:59 CEST; 2h 0min ago
     Docs: man:polkit(8)
 Main PID: 5043 (polkitd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
           └─5043 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit
polkitd   5043     1  0 12:08 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
mer       6091     1  0 12:09 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
spm       6334     1  0 12:09 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
mer       9950     1  0 13:49 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
$

Rebooting helps temporarily, but I cannot reboot the system (a medical workstation) several times per day...

[doktor5000]

There is already an existing thread for the polkit issue, please use that one or open a separate for your issue. This one was opened by the OP as he has several issues of unclear origin.
Original polkit thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9994
Please also comment on the bug report that you are also affected: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16319
Seems to be caused by an upstream change, see https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16396

Please provide the output of

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cat /run/systemd/users/$(id -u)

run as your normal user and check whether you did a logoff and login in your desktop in between - or maybe you use the switch user functionality?

[doktor5000]

When I run drakconf I get
'error executing command as another user: not authorized
this incident has been reported'

[doktor5000]

Seems you ignored the previous query for some diagnostic information:

Also as root please provide the output of the following commands:

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systemctl status polkit.service
ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit
mount


When accessing SD cards and other removable media, is there any error message when mounting or accessing them? How do you try to access them? What filesystems are in use on those?

[kuman]

I thought it's necessary only if the 1st is succesful. I'll do that. The problem is I couldn't c/p in a terminal in any of the ways u mentioned on the other thread .....

[kuman]

I started getting some output though I can't c/p here ....

[doktor5000]

Understood that already, but it does not help if you crosspost that between multiple threads.

[kuman]

The output in XTerm

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[root@localhost ~]# systemctl status polkit.service
● polkit.service - Authorization Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2015-09-23 17:21:39 EDT; 2 days ago
     Docs: man:polkit(8)
Main PID: 1274 (polkitd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service
           └─1274 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug

Sep 23 17:21:39 localhost polkitd[1274]: Started polkitd version 0.113
Sep 23 17:21:39 localhost polkitd[1274]: Loading rules from directory /etc/p...d
Sep 23 17:21:39 localhost polkitd[1274]: Loading rules from directory /usr/s...d
Sep 23 17:21:39 localhost polkitd[1274]: Finished loading, compiling and exe...s
Sep 23 17:21:39 localhost polkitd[1274]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.P...s
Sep 23 13:22:45 localhost polkitd[1274]: Registered Authentication Agent for...)
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
[root@localhost ~]# ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit
polkitd   1274     1  0 Sep23 ?        00:00:02 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
kuman     2499     1  0 Sep23 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1

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[root@localhost ~]# mount
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=241692k,nr_inodes=60423,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)
/dev/sdb5 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=22,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime,mode=755)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=49652k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
[root@localhost ~]

Btw how do u delete text in a terminal other than the last command?

[isadora]

Please place command-output between [CODE]-tags, to improve readability, thanks ahead!!!
Demo: ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mandriva/m ... e_tags.ogv

[doktor5000]

Looks all well, polkit is running and a polkit agent is running for your user. No removable media is currently mounted.

Please show the output as normal user of

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cat /run/systemd/users/$(id -u)
id
pkexec whoami


(you need to enter your root password when a dialog pops up asking for authorisation)

Btw how do u delete text in a terminal other than the last command?

I don't understand your question. The text that has already been printed to the terminal which is not on your current prompt cannot be deleted.
You can run

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clear

to flush that text and get an empty terminal again. But if you scroll up again the older output is still there.