--- PolicyKit-0.8.orig/polkitd/org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.conf.in 2008-12-08 10:55:12.000000000 -0500 +++ PolicyKit-0.8/polkitd/org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.conf.in 2008-12-08 12:05:33.000000000 -0500 @@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ <policy user="@polkituser@"> <allow own="org.freedesktop.PolicyKit"/> </policy> + + <!-- any user can talk to the service (fd.o #18948) --> + <policy context="default"> + <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.PolicyKit"/> + </policy> </busconfig>