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Subject: bug#22565: Cannot talk to upowerd over D-Bus
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:47:08 +0100
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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> I=E2=80=99m trying to figure out why we cannot use the Xfce menu to shut =
down or
> reboot, and while doing that I found that
>
>     loginctl poweroff
>
> (as root on the TTY) does have the intended effect.  When run as a user
> I see a similar error as mentioned above:
>
>     Failed to power off: Interactive authentication required.
>
> I think this is just fine.

I don=E2=80=99t know if it=E2=80=99s fine.  :-)  I would expect that on GNO=
ME/Xfce a
password window would pop up when that RPC is invoked, but I=E2=80=99m not =
sure
how it=E2=80=99s supposed to happen, or under what conditions.

Ludo=E2=80=99.