#12919 NORM ubuntu-: serial number not displayed by sugar

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#12919: serial number not displayed by sugar
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            Reporter:  Quozl         |          Owner:  Quozl
                Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  new
            Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:  ubuntu-sugar-15.1
           Component:  sugar         |        Version:  Development build
          Resolution:                |  as of this date
          Blocked By:                |       Keywords:
Deployments affected:                |       Blocking:
            Verified:  0             |  Action Needed:  review
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Changes (by Quozl):

 * next_action:  code => review


Comment:

 Priority order to be displayed;
  * /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial
  * /sys/class/dmi/id/chassis_serial
  * /sys/class/dmi/id/board_serial

 sugar 612842c407920f1ca8324658e3e856d5e5b0a822 and local tests show that
 reading these requires root.

 We may use polkit to escape into root, pull request at
 https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/596

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