elementary / elementary/settings-useraccounts

Incomplete user rights for Administrator (Odin)

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Description

When you first setup system and login by default user has granted administrator rights, at least this is what this plugins says. But, if you check on `users-admin` app it shows *custom*. I didn't check precisely what is going on, but my guess is that *user* is not added to some groups or is missing proper access to some folders. I tested this with `gnome-logs` app, but I believe it can also cause unexpected behavior for other apps.

## Expected Behavior
User *Administrator* should have proper access.

## Steps to Reproduce
Install `gnome-logs` app and launch it (flatpak or deb, does not matter). App will pop an error `Unable to read system logs`. If you start `sudo gnome-logs` it will be able to read system logs. Now, if you launch `users-admin` and change user rights from *Custom* to *Administrator* it will also solve this problem.

### Logs
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## Platform Information
OS: elementary OS 6 Odin x86_64
Host: Aspire VX5-591G V1.08
Kernel: 5.11.0-34-generic

### Screens
![Screenshot from 2021-09-10 22-20-28](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33252703/132911051-1ac41b6a-d06e-4cd9-aaee-e64e001ba8b4.png)
![Screenshot from 2021-09-10 22-32-13](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33252703/132911059-5b8ecfcf-deea-4485-87e3-a348dc8caf94.png)
![Screenshot from 2021-09-10 22-31-47](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33252703/132911066-ed7c153b-d789-4c9d-9931-486895f3667c.png)

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue on elementary OS 6 Odin by launching gnome-logs as the default Administrator, then compare the result after changing the account from Custom to Administrator in users-admin. Investigate the account rights and access differences; done means the default Administrator is shown correctly and can read system logs without manually changing rights.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
authorization, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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