This bug was fixed in the package deja-dup - 35.4-0ubuntu3
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deja-dup (35.4-0ubuntu3) artful; urgency=medium
* debian/patches/allow-no-packagekit.patch:
- Cherry-pick patch from upstream git that properly fixes our tests
in autopkgtests where packagekit isn't installed.
-- Michael Terry <mte...@ubuntu.com> Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:24:51 -0400
** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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Title:
"Restore" asks for cryptic authentication to run /bin/sh as superuser
Status in Déjà Dup:
Fix Released
Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
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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