Still present (and very annoying) in 20.04.
Possible workaround (this bug unassigned for 11 years)
https://nirebu.com/blog/customise-polkit-user-list-default-current
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this behaviour is no more enabled, ubuntu 18-19-20 ask always the
password of the first admin created. I think this is wrong.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437508
Title:
policykit
If the current user is admin, the dialog shall prompt for his password directly.
A list of admin users makes sense only if the current user is not admin.
In Ubuntu 16.04, after adding second administrative user there is a
drop-down but password entry is disabled before selecting the other
admin
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32512527/Dependencies.txt
** Changed in: policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Changed in: policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Triaged
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policykit prompts don't use sensible defaults (current
