"System policy prevents installing the bootloader" is nonsense
Bug #943235 reported by
Matthew Paul Thomas
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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usb-creator (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
usb-creator-gtk 0.2.34, Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Perhaps it does not always appear, but sometimes a PolicyKit alert appears saying "System policy prevents installing the bootloader ... Authentication as the super user is required to perform this action".
This is not about the alert appearing at all (bug 859539), it is about the text. You should never say "System policy prevents" something in an alert that exists solely to let you do that thing. And you should never say "Authentication as the super user is required" on an operating system that doesn't have a super user.
Related branches
lp:~nathwill-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount/ubuntu/precise/usb-creator/lp.943235
- Ubuntu branches: Pending requested
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Diff: 59 lines (+11/-6)2 files modifieddbus/com.ubuntu.usbcreator.policy.in (+5/-6)
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
description: | updated |
tags: | added: bitesize |
tags: | added: string-fix |
Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: precise |
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Half of this dialog is from usb-creator, I'm not sure about the super user part.