No it shouldn't, because then the root user would appear in the list of
users in the authentication dialog for every other Ubuntu user, even
though the account is locked by default and they can't authenticate
using it
Like I said, feel free to configure Policykit to suit your needs. This
is not a
If that is the case then the root user should be added to the admin
group by default.
** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid = New
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System administration task dialgues do not allow the account 'root' to
authenticate even with a password
Thanks, but that isn't a bug. Ubuntu configures Policykit so that
members of the admin unix group are the users who can authenticate for
actions requiring administrative privileges. The root user doesn't
belong to this group, and so can't authenticate for these actions. Feel
free to read the
