@Christopher Thank you for the settings. The option "org.gnome.DejaDup
root-prompt true" might cause this. I do not know (yet) when and why
this is set. This might need to be looked into by an developer. But the
prompt comes from Déjà Dup and should indicate so. I agree.
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Also affects: deja-dup
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: deja-dup
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: deja-dup
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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Title:
"Restore" asks for cryptic authentication to run /bin/sh as superuser
Status in Déjà Dup:
Triaged
Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
I am trying to restore a full backup to an external hard drive.
After 20 minutes or so, a cryptic gui popup arises which says that "some
process" wants sudo authentication to run /bin/sh
It is surely a bug to generate such a vague request for sudo use.
I note it has been this way since 2013
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1079553 which
has been unaddressed, so the outcome of denying this request is still
a great pain), but I am pointing out that this kind of permission
request is itself a bug, if not a security risk because it teaches
users to give that kind of permission to an unknown script.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: deja-dup 34.2-0ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-42.45-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Mar 19 12:35:43 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-12 (400 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: deja-dup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-01-21 (56 days ago)
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