Ubuntu
synaptic package

enable polkit password timeout so I don't have to type password on every Synaptic launch

Bug #1173136 reported by Adam Dingle
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This bug affects 3 people
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synaptic (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring).

Every time I invoke Synaptic I have to type my password, even if I just ran it 30 seconds before. That's tiring. Synaptic provides a file com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy that specifies an authentication policy for polkit. Currently it specifies the 'auth_admin' policy, which means I have to type my password every time. I think it should use 'auth_admin_keep' instead, which will keep the authorization for a brief time after I enter it.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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