0009489: Polkitd 127-1+kali1 error, unable to elevate with lxpolkit

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009489	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2026-01-09 14:43	2026-01-09 17:12

Reporter	pkreuzt	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0009489: Polkitd 127-1+kali1 error, unable to elevate with lxpolkit
Description	Error dialog claims '/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1' should be setuid root, but it isn't.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-01-09 14:43	pkreuzt	New Issue
2026-01-09 17:12	pkreuzt	Note Added: 0021215

pkreuzt 2026-01-09 17:12 reporter ~0021215	Seems a change on the Debian side: https://salsa.debian.org/utopia-team/polkit/-/commit/be1d882c785bf05b70d0e606710df94aa54766cc It now requires polkit-agent-helper.socket service to be enabled to allow Polkit agents to work. Maybe it should be enabled by default on package upgrade or at least write a note about this possible issue.