Bug 1696853 - rpm-ostree install or upgrade fails with an Authorization error 'The name is not activatable'
Summary: rpm-ostree install or upgrade fails with an Authorization error 'The name is ...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rpm-ostree
Version: 30
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Colin Walters
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: IoT
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Reported: 2019-04-05 18:42 UTC by Paul Whalen
Modified: 2019-05-21 13:01 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-05-21 13:01:29 UTC
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Description Paul Whalen 2019-04-05 18:42:57 UTC 
Description of problem:
Attempting to upgrade or install a new package with rpm-ostree fails with:

error: Authorization error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm-ostree-2019.3-1.fc30.x86_64

How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the latest F30 IoT nightly (Fedora-IoT-30-20190404.0)
2. Attempt to upgrade


Actual results:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm-ostree status
State: idle
AutomaticUpdates: disabled
Deployments:
● ostree://fedora-iot:fedora/devel/x86_64/iot
                   Version: 30.20190404.0 (2019-04-04T01:30:05Z)
                    Commit: 5fcfdd8ef12d3a84bc4b66c8c48130c20beff09c7dff661153f856dcf7c5fbb1
              GPGSignature: Valid signature by C2A3FA9DC67F68B98BB543F47BB90722DBBDCF7C

[root@localhost ~]# rpm-ostree upgrade
error: Authorization error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable

from journalctl 

Apr 05 14:25:29 localhost.localdomain rpm-ostree[3647]: Allowing active client :1.32 (uid 0)
Apr 05 14:25:29 localhost.localdomain rpm-ostree[3647]: client(id:cli dbus:1.32 unit:session-3.scope uid:0) added; new total=1
Apr 05 14:25:29 localhost.localdomain rpm-ostree[3647]: client(id:cli dbus:1.32 unit:session-3.scope uid:0) vanished; remaining=0
Apr 05 14:25:29 localhost.localdomain rpm-ostree[3647]: In idle state; will auto-exit in 62 seconds
Comment 1 Colin Walters 2019-04-05 18:49:01 UTC 
Hmm, did IoT drop polkit?  Looks like an rpm-ostree bug if we're not gracefully handling polkitd not being present.
Comment 2 Paul Whalen 2019-04-05 19:01:03 UTC 
(In reply to Colin Walters from comment #1)
> Hmm, did IoT drop polkit?

Yes, polkit is missing from the current installation, but I dont think it was intentional.
Comment 3 Fabian Affolter 2019-05-19 22:07:57 UTC 
Upgrading Fedora-IoT-ostree-x86_64-30-20190428.0.iso with rpm-ostree works for me.
Comment 4 Paul Whalen 2019-05-21 13:01:29 UTC 
This is no longer and issue after pulling in polkit.
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