Ubuntu
update-manager package

spurious polkit authentication request from update-manager

Bug #1631337 reported by Pierre Ossman (Cendio AB)
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Logging in remotely bugs users with a polkit dialog asking them to authenticate. This is because a remote session does not have access to org.debian.apt.update-cache.

Such dialogs should only pop up on direct user action, so either this background process needs to be removed, or it needs to fail silently when it isn't authorized.

Tags: xenial
Revision history for this message
Pierre Ossman (Cendio AB) (ossman) wrote :

The id of the request is org.debian.apt.update-cache.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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