Unfriendly password prompt

Bug #579582 reported by amichair
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Bug Description

When running the upgrade in Kubuntu (after clicking the upgrade notification icon), a prompt comes up to enter the password for proper priviledges. However the prompt text and title provides an unfriendly/unrecognized/scary name as the app asking for permission - some random filename under /tmp (I don't have the exact string unfortunately). It would be much nicer if it said 'The upgrade process' or 'The Kubuntu 10.04 LTS installation' or something like that which is more informative as to who is asking for root permissions and why. This is not a direct security vulnerability, but it can open an opportunity for maliciousness in asking for root privileges from unknown temporary executables at the right moment.

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