No user pre-selected in authentication dialog
Bug #435227 reported by
Hernando Torque
This bug affects 6 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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PolicyKit GNOME |
Won't Fix
|
Medium
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aptdaemon (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Robert Ancell | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
On my multi-user system the new authentication dialog pops up with no user selected which is a major annoyance (adds at least one unneeded click to the update process). Worse, the drop-down list shows "Select user..." as a disabled item which doesn't make it clear that there's need for user action.
What I expect is, that the user that started the update-manager gets pre-selected in the drop-down list.
update-manager:
Installed: 1:0.125.2
Screenshot: http://
Changed in policykit-gnome-1: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
Changed in policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
Changed in policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) → nobody |
Changed in policykit-1-gnome: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in policykit-1-gnome: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in policykit-1-gnome: | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
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src/polkitgnome authenticationd ialog.c in policykit-1-gnome contains (line 255)
/* Initially select the "Select user..." ... */ box_set_ active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (combo), 0);
gtk_combo_
so it is intentional in the source.
Shouldn't be hard to pick the one if there is only one. If there is more
than one choice my first guess at what the behaviour should be is:
* If one of the users corresponds to the active user then select that.
* Otherwise select nothing to force the user to select.
Which might be a little more tricky, I'm not sure.
Thanks,
James