Technically why this happens is gnome-software asks snapd to remove the snap. Since gnome-software is run as as user (i.e. not as root) it prompts gnome-software for authorization. The only method of getting authorization is to call 'snap login' which prompts for store credentials.
What we actually want here is the equivalent of sudo. i.e. check if the user is an administrator and prompt them for their password. This would require snapd to have a "login-local" type concept that would return authorization without checking Ubuntu One credentials. I'll ask the Snappy team what their thoughts are on this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581713 Title: Ubuntu Software asks for an Ubuntu Single Sign-On account to remove a snap Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: If I try to uninstall a snap using Ubuntu Software, it asks for an Ubuntu Single Sign-On account. It seems strange since if I use a terminal and do: $ sudo snap remove john-the-ripper Everything works as expected. BTW: Ubuntu Software takes ages to find out the size of the snap package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1581713/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
