Hi, Ah, ok, that explains why a seemingly unsafe setting like this would wind up as the default. Yes, having this labeled "Remember password for X hours/days" would definitely help.
Also, having it default to just remember it for the session only would be acceptable, as that provides the user with a clear understanding of how long this lasts. (Not sure how people would fare with this, if they always suspend their pc and never log out of a session, though). Cheers, Johannes On Thursday 01 November 2012 23:33:29 Matthias Klumpp wrote: > Hi! > The "Remember auth" comes from PolicyKit, where "auth_keep" is set for > this specific request. The frontend can't do anything about it, but > the password will only be remembered for a short time, so a solution > is probably to change the current string to something more meaningful. > The current one suggests the password is saved, which it clearly is > not. > Cheers, > Matthias > > 2012/10/21 Johannes Zarl <[email protected]>: > > Package: apper > > Version: 0.7.2-4 > > Severity: normal > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > I recently tried apper as a gui for system-updates, and it mostly does > > what it should. However, everytime it requests authorization for gaining > > administrative privileges, the Polkit dialog has "Remember > > Authorization" enabled by default. > > > > Why I think the current default is a bad choice: > > > > If one doesn't want the dialog to remember the credentials, one > > currently has to change the selection _every_single_time_ the dialog > > comes up. Changing the default to "don't remember password" makes the > > user less likely to choose the wrong setting in this case. If the user > > forgets to change the setting, the dialog will not come up again, so the > > user is then stuck with the "wrong" setting. > > > > If one really wants to never see this dialog again, one can choose > > "Remember Authorization" once and won't be much worse off than now. > > Especially, if he/she forgets to select the "remember password" box, > > he/she gets a chance to select the correct setting the next time the > > dialog is displayed. > > > > I'm unsure whether I should file a bug against apper or polkit-kde-1 for > > this issue (and which package is to blame for the preselection of > > "remember password"). Please reassign to polkit if the bug is more > > appropriate there. > > > > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > > > > APT prefers unstable > > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > > > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > > > Versions of packages apper depends on: > > ii apper-data 0.7.2-4 > > ii kde-runtime 4:4.8.4-1 > > ii libc6 2.13-35 > > ii libdebconf-kde0 0.2-2 > > ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-4 > > ii libkcmutils4 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkdecore5 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkdeui5 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkemoticons4 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkidletime4 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkio5 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkprintutils4 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkutils4 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libkworkspace4abi1 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libpackagekit-qt2-2 0.7.6-1 > > ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqt4-network 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqt4-sql 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqt4-svg 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqt4-xmlpatterns 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2 > > ii libsolid4 4:4.8.4-3 > > ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-4 > > ii packagekit 0.7.6-1 > > ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-2 > > ii polkit-kde-1 0.99.0-3 > > > > Versions of packages apper recommends: > > ii app-install-data 2012.06.16.1 > > > > Versions of packages apper suggests: > > pn apper-appsetup <none> > > pn debconf-kde-helper <none> > > pn software-properties-kde <none> > > > > -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
