*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1674121 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1674121
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1674121
"Restore" asks for cryptic authentication to run /bin/sh as superuser
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079552
Title:
Unexpectedly asks for authentication halfway through file restore
process
Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
While restoring files, after the (very long) "Preparing" step, Deja
Dup seems to execute "pkexec /bin/sh …" in order to run some script as
root. This is problematic for a few reasons:
1. It happens in the middle of the restore process. At best, the
prompt for authentication will appear while the user is doing
something else, causing confusion. At worst, the prompt will appear
while the user is away from the computer expecting Deja Dup to be
restoring his files.
2. When restoring a number of files (deja-dup --restore-missing) the
prompt for authentication happens for each file that has been
selected. Combined with #1, this means the user must babysit Deja Dup.
3. Deja Dup is running some code with full root permissions, without
telling the user what that code does. This shouldn't be necessary.
This authentication should be somehow replaced with a gentler, less
privileged PolicyKit request, and Deja Dup should ask for
authentication either as soon as possible or as late as possible so
the need does not arise (repeatedly) while the application is
restoring files in the background.
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