Root issue in Acro Linux

AlienProber · 01-08-2021, 11:27 AM

I installed Acro Linux a few days ago and alls been great except a issue with cursors which I fixed, but in the process I believe I may have messed up Root or something else. I went to launch GParted and it would not launch, so I tried through Konsol and got.

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ gparted
localuser:root being added to access control list
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.
localuser:root being removed from access control list
[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$

I then attempted to run it with sudo and it rand, but I got the below.

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ sudo gparted
[sudo] password for alienprober: 
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
GParted 1.1.0
configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
libparted 3.3

Decided to test root by opening System Settings and going to SDDM and changing the login screen, and when I did I was not asked for the password. Any idea of what might be causing this issue? I've even done a reboot to see if that rectify the issue, but it didn't. Thanks

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ inxi -Fxxxa
System:
  Host: TheMothership Kernel: 5.10.5-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux 
  root=UUID=d9814bac-d116-4320-895a-13eb80f2bcf4 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet 
  loglevel=3 audit=0 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: ArcoLinux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx 
  serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3103 
  date: 06/17/2020 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 
  serial: 4094-d8-1f-cd-00 charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
  status: Discharging 
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360 
  serial: 4004-fb-f0-fa-f4 charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
  status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check family: 17 (23) model-id: 18 (24) 
  stepping: 1 microcode: 8108109 L2 cache: 2 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 28759 
  Speed: 2522 MHz min/max: 1400/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2522 2: 1950 3: 2697 4: 2761 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: nvidia v: 460.32.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:2187 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: nvidia 
  display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1080 s-dpi: 97 s-size: 670x283mm (26.4x11.1") 
  s-diag: 727mm (28.6") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 2560x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 97 size: 673x284mm (26.5x11.2") 
  diag: 730mm (28.8") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.32.03 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:1aeb 
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.5-arch1-1 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel 
  port: d000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: a8:5e:45:55:75:ae 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 16.38 TiB used: 8.25 TiB (50.4%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: Viper M.2 VPN100 size: 238.47 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
  serial: 03850703115D02277096 rev: ECFM22.6 temp: 28.9 C 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00Y5B1 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
  serial: WD-WMAV50658132 rev: 0A80 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1E6166 
  size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: Z1F62Z3P rev: SC48 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion 
  size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B serial: NA8GZQRG 
  rev: 9300 
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Seagate 
  model: ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z size: 7.28 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B 
  logical: 512 B serial: Z840SEE0 rev: 9401 
  ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB vendor: MediaMax model: WL3000GSA6454 
  size: 3.41 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
  serial: WOL240401327 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 136.59 GiB size: 136.59 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 53.4 GiB (39.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%) used: 560 KiB (0.1%) 
  fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 
  ID-3: /home raw size: 136.59 GiB size: 136.59 GiB (100.00%) 
  used: 53.4 GiB (39.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 363 Uptime: 1h 01m wakeups: 33 Memory: 15.62 GiB 
  used: 5.64 GiB (36.1%) Init: systemd v: 247 target: graphical.target 
  Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.0.0 Packages: 1881 pacman: 1834 lib: 436 
  flatpak: 42 snap: 5 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: konsole inxi: 3.2.01

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sevendogsbsd · 01-08-2021, 11:30 AM

Are you running a graphical desktop as root?

AlienProber · 01-08-2021, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sevendogsbsd

Are you running a graphical desktop as root?

No it's a straight up install. On user screen of installed name, username, machine name, password, same password for root, auto-login.

ondoho · 01-08-2021, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienProber

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ gparted
localuser:root being added to access control list
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.
localuser:root being removed from access control list
[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$

No reason for concern.

Quote:

I then attempted to run it with sudo and it rand, but I got the below.

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ sudo gparted
[sudo] password for alienprober: 
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
GParted 1.1.0
configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
libparted 3.3

That's weird and requires some research I think (although it shouldn't affect gparted functionality).

Quote:

Decided to test root by opening System Settings and going to SDDM and changing the login screen, and when I did I was not asked for the password. Any idea of what might be causing this issue? I've even done a reboot to see if that rectify the issue, but it didn't. Thanks

Yeah don't log into a gui as root.

There's no actual issue afaics.
You can still log in as a normal user?
The root account is probably disabled. Use sudo instead, you're slightly less likely to break things.

AlienProber · 01-08-2021, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

No reason for concern.

That's weird and requires some research I think (although it shouldn't affect gparted functionality).

Yeah don't log into a gui as root.

There's no actual issue afaics.
You can still log in as a normal user?
The root account is probably disabled. Use sudo instead, you're slightly less likely to break things.

when I click on GPated's shortcut I should be present with a box to enter my password, same when I go to change my Login screen. If I launch Konsole and enter gparted there I should be asked to enter my password not have to enter sudo gparted to get the password prompt. SO yes there is a problem.

AlienProber · 01-09-2021, 05:58 AM

@ondoho just went to use Pamac to do a hand full of updates and I get Authorization Failed which mean whatever polls the system to open a root password dialog box is not working correctly.

ondoho · 01-09-2021, 12:52 PM

OK, do this:
Open the gparted.desktop file (probably in /usr/share/applications)
and find the Exec= line.
Execute the command you see in a terminal, and show us what it spits out.

AlienProber · 01-10-2021, 05:47 AM

OK this is what I get when copying and entering the command:

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ /usr/bin/gparted %f
localuser:root being added to access control list
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.
localuser:root being removed from access control list

pan64 · 01-10-2021, 08:54 AM

gparted cannot run as regular user, you need to run it as root.

AlienProber · 01-10-2021, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

gparted cannot run as regular user, you need to run it as root.

I never said I was trying to run it as a regular user. Now that said I just tried to run Stacer and it won't launch, trying to launch it by using sudo i get:

Code:

[root@TheMothership alienprober]# stacer
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'

AlienProber · 01-11-2021, 12:22 PM

Got tired of trying to find a solution, so rolled they system back to the 31st. Other than setting up Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, and Jacket I'm where I was before I messed Roots permissions. I evren lucked out with keeping my Plasma tweaks and my selected cursors and theme. Thanks for trying to help, much appreciated.

ondoho · 01-11-2021, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienProber

OK this is what I get when copying and entering the command:

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ /usr/bin/gparted %f
localuser:root being added to access control list
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.
localuser:root being removed from access control list

Who are you when you try this? Not root I assume?

Code:

whoami; gparted

When I try that, I get a different message:

Code:

$> whoami; gparted
ondoho
Error executing command as another user: No authentication agent found.

So I start an authentication in another terminal:

Code:

lxpolkit

and try again:

Code:

gparted

And voilá, it works.

lxpolkit isn't your only option here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...ication_agents

AlienProber · 01-12-2021, 08:24 AM

This is what I currently get with "whoami; gparted", but since I rolled back when I click any GUI that should prompt me for my password the password box comes up, enter my password, and the app lsaunches.

Code:

[alienprober@TheMothership ~]$ whoami; gparted
alienprober
localuser:root being added to access control list
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service does not exist, proceeding anyway.
GParted 1.1.0
configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
libparted 3.3

When I close GParted with Konsole still open then this.

Code:

localuser:root being removed from access control list

"polkit-kde-agent" is already installed.

ondoho · 01-13-2021, 12:05 AM

Archlinux, and distros based on it, are not for Linux beginners. Even if the distro's devs might hope so.
I suggest you chalk it up to experience, reinstall a more beginner-friendly distro and be more careful until you learned the ropes. Unlike $PROPRIETARY_OS, GNU/Linux comes without a safety belt.

AlienProber · 01-13-2021, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

Archlinux, and distros based on it, are not for Linux beginners. Even if the distro's devs might hope so.
I suggest you chalk it up to experience, reinstall a more beginner-friendly distro and be more careful until you learned the ropes. Unlike $PROPRIETARY_OS, GNU/Linux comes without a safety belt.

Lets please keep the opinions on what I'm running to ones self. I made an honest mistake with one file that I since rectified by rolling the system back. I truly appreciate the attempt to help, and if I hadn't chose to rollback you may of been helpful. As for how long I've been on Linux, that is on and off for 25 year and 3+ years ago I felt Linux was finally ready for prime-time and dropped Windows altogether and haven't looked back.