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Description of problem: mate-system-log, when attempting to access different log files, instead of prompting for authorization, simply denies access. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): usermode-1.111-8.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Under mate panel menu Applications / System Tools, select Log File Viewer 2. Try to open a log file such as messages, or dnf.log Actual results: Error message: Impossible to open file /var/log/dnf.log You don't have enough permissions to read the file. Expected results: Initial prompt for authorization and read access to log files when invoking mate-system-log via the GUI. Additional info: /usr/bin/mate-system-log is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/consolehelper, which is contained in the usermode package. When run from the command line with "sudo mate-system-log", it works as expected.
Repeated error messages in journal: Sep 02 06:52:48 FedoraD.dswaner.home userhelper[12847]: pam_unix(mate-system-log:auth): auth +could not identify password for [root] Sep 02 06:52:48 FedoraD.dswaner.home userhelper[12847]: pam_unix(mate-system-log:auth): +conversation failed No authorization dialogue box appeared. The above 2 lines were repeated 3 times for each invocation of mate-system-log.
Thanks for your report. Could you attach the _full_ contents of the journal around circa the relevant minute, please? And perhaps also (journalctl -b -u polkit). Do you know if this happens with other desktop environments, like KDE or GNOME 3, as well?
Created attachment 1197451 [details] full contents of the journal around circa the relevant minute
Created attachment 1197452 [details] journalctl -b -u polkit
Don't know about other desktop environments. This is likely irrelevant, but a few days ago I removed fprintd (to get rid of the error messages, since I don't have a reader). But then I reinstalled it since I just got a different set of error messages.
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