Upstream said it is the intended behavior: users for which password has expired shouldn't be allowed to authenticate until they have logged out and in back, so that they change their password.
** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315002 Title: Changing your password does not allow admin authentication before session is restarted -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs