J. Drahun wrote:

> deloptes wrote:
>> what is the authentication problem or the dbus problem?
> 
> Here's dbus-monitor out:
> 
> dest=:1.46 serial=2 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus;
> interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
>     string ":1.46"
> method call sender=:1.46 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=3
> path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus;
> member=AddMatch
>     string "eavesdrop=true,type='method_call'"
> method call sender=:1.46 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=4
> path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus;
> member=AddMatch
>     string "eavesdrop=true,type='method_return'"
> method call sender=:1.46 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=5
> path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus;
> member=AddMatch
>     string "eavesdrop=true,type='error'"
> 
> Don't know if that's what you want.
> 
>> I am on debian - time ago I had to tweak the policykit files to be able
>> to do certain things/use services as simple user.
> 
> I'll look for it, but it seems I don't have it installed.

Look here: http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=2444

I posted below in hurry. Check this file and if the options are set

/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy
<action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount">
 ...
 <allow_any>yes</allow_any>
 ...
 <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
</action>

regards