Public bug reported:
Setup :
* 2 users. one of them has sudo access, the one i'm logged into (gnome/weyland
default in artful desktop) doesn't
* ubuntu 17.10 artful
* gnome-control-center:
Installed: 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu4
* redshift:
Installed: 1.11-1ubuntu1
Went to settings->privacy->location settings and changed to location
services = on and then hit the 'x' on the 'location services' window.
it did not change from 'off' to 'on' on the 'privacy' window, however
when i restarted redshift (which until that point had not been working)
redshift immediately started working. (This suggests to me that until
that point location services was, in fact off, and when i turned it on,
it was turned on). However, a few seconds later the authorization
prompt came up, graying the screen asking to authenticate to make
changes to my privacy settings(the change which was already made and
working, as evidenced both by working redshift and the fact that if I
went into privacy settings, I would see location services 'in use'
instead of 'off')
"Authentication Required"
"To change your privacy settings you need to authenticate..."
I hit 'escape', and it reopened, I hit 'escape' and it went away, for
about 3 minutes.
Then it came back. It would continue to come back, prompting me twice
every about 3 minutes until I gave the password to the user (that was
not logged in).
This seems broken. If authentication is required to enable location
services...it shouldn't work without authentication. If authentication
is *not* required to enable location services...it shouldn't nag you
twice every ~3 minutes until you acquiesce.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 20 13:21:04 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-18 (184 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
JournalErrors:
Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000']
failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other
users and the system.
Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
turn off this notice.
No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (0 days ago)
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session
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Title:
'authentication required to change privacy settings' you don't
actually need to authenticate
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Setup :
* 2 users. one of them has sudo access, the one i'm logged into
(gnome/weyland default in artful desktop) doesn't
* ubuntu 17.10 artful
* gnome-control-center:
Installed: 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu4
* redshift:
Installed: 1.11-1ubuntu1
Went to settings->privacy->location settings and changed to location
services = on and then hit the 'x' on the 'location services' window.
it did not change from 'off' to 'on' on the 'privacy' window, however
when i restarted redshift (which until that point had not been
working) redshift immediately started working. (This suggests to me
that until that point location services was, in fact off, and when i
turned it on, it was turned on). However, a few seconds later the
authorization prompt came up, graying the screen asking to
authenticate to make changes to my privacy settings(the change which
was already made and working, as evidenced both by working redshift
and the fact that if I went into privacy settings, I would see
location services 'in use' instead of 'off')
"Authentication Required"
"To change your privacy settings you need to authenticate..."
I hit 'escape', and it reopened, I hit 'escape' and it went away, for
about 3 minutes.
Then it came back. It would continue to come back, prompting me twice
every about 3 minutes until I gave the password to the user (that was
not logged in).
This seems broken. If authentication is required to enable location
services...it shouldn't work without authentication. If
authentication is *not* required to enable location services...it
shouldn't nag you twice every ~3 minutes until you acquiesce.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.26.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 20 13:21:04 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-18 (184 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
JournalErrors:
Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000']
failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other
users and the system.
Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
turn off this notice.
No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (0 days ago)
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