Bug#830775: systemd: systemctl poweroff ask me twice for user and password.

[Pavel Kosina]

I would prefer if it even does not aks who i am. It should ask for password only. And my second wish is, that i would be able to poweroff even without password as I do in GUI/Gnome. Regards Pavel Michael Biebl napsal(a) dne 11.7.2016 v 14:39: Am 11.07.2016 um 14:33 schrieb Pavel Kosina: Its ssh, putty, dady@linuxbox:~$ systemctl poweroff ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.login1.set-wall-message === Authentication is required to set a wall message Multiple identities can be used for authentication: 1. ,,, (dady) 2. ,,, (danca) Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): 1 Password: ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE === ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.login1.power-off === Authentication is required for powering off the system. Multiple identities can be used for authentication: 1. ,,, (dady) 2. ,,, (danca) Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): Failed to power off system via logind: Spojení bylo přílií Failed to start poweroff.target: Spojení bylo příliš dlouho neaktivní See system logs and 'systemctl status poweroff.target' for details. dady@linuxbox:~$ dady@linuxbox:~$ loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID Id=5 User=1000 Name=dady Timestamp=Po 2016-07-11 14:30:44 CEST TimestampMonotonic=1861158573 VTNr=0 Remote=yes RemoteHost=192.168.1.101 Service=sshd Thanks for the quick reply. So this is a remote login. That explains why you get the polkit prompt. As you can see, the admin password is asked for two distinct things: For setting a wall message and for the actual poweroff. Both require admin privileges. If you don't want to have the prompt for the wall message, use systemctl poweroff --no-wall That should only give you one polkit prompt. Afaics, everything is working as expected, although I have to admit that entering the credentials twice for the same command is a nuisance. Regards, Michael