"Authorization failed" when trying to edit anything
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When I try to disable or remove something in "other software" tab in software sources dialog, I get an error:
"Authorization failed.": "Software sources can't be changed without permission.".
This problem started in Quantal, and is not bug #1058072 since I did not cancel any auth prompts.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 3 15:13:39 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-07-04 (852 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-28 (35 days ago)
This doesn't help you much, but - I think this problem isn't really related to bug 1058072. The point of that bug is, that if you hit cancel, an error message is unnecessary. The code is working fine; it's a design issue.
In this case, you're not hitting cancel, but getting a genuine, unexplained failure, that does lead to the same dialog coming up.
That's how I understand it, from what's written so far, anyway. Thanks.