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Author: Ralph Ronnquist
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Unknown username "polkitd" in message bus configuration file
On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 09:06:40PM -0400, Ken Dibble wrote:
> I am tackling things one by one since Daedalus upgrade.
>
> Jul  9 20:15:46 anna dbus-daemon[3218]: [session uid=1000 pid=3216] Reloaded
> configuration
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: [system] Reloaded configuration
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: [system] Reloaded configuration
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: [system] Reloaded configuration
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
>
> Jul  9 20:15:50 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: [system] Reloaded configuration
>
> And then they stop for a while and start again
>
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[3218]: [session uid=1000 pid=3216] Reloaded
> con
> figuration
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: [system] Reloaded configuration
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[3218]: [session uid=1000 pid=3216] Reloaded
> configuration
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: [system] Reloaded configuration
> Jul  9 20:17:02 anna dbus-daemon[1702]: Unknown username "polkitd" in
> message bus configuration file
>
>
> I can't seem to catch it where I can associate the pid with a file.
>
> I have not seen it complain about anything desktop related, it may or may
> not happen, I just haven't seen it.
>
>
> FWIW
>
> grep polkitd /etc/passwd
> polkitd:x:115:129:polkit,,,:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
>
> so polkitd is a valid username.
>
>
> It is not in either session.conf or system.conf though.
>
> kdibble@anna:/usr/share/dbus-1$ grep polkitd *.conf
>
>
> Any ideas?


Anything from recursive search?
$ grep polkitd -r /usr/share/dbus-1 /etc/dbus-1

Ralph.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
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