Additionally, it seems that the dialog is blocking the screen, preventing the user to check other windows
If I cancel the authentication, I am not sure how to restart the action (that triggered the authentication request) later, like for example an automatic bug report... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451398 Title: too few information on Authentication Dialog Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in policykit-1-gnome package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The "Authentication required" dialog gives really too few information about what requested it. This happens for example for bug reports for system programs, but not only. The question has also been asked, for example here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87288/how-do-i-tell-what-program-is-asking-for-a-password We have no clue where the dialog comes from. Especially as sometimes there is a delay between some action and the time when the dialog pops up, so it may seems it comes from nowhere. Also as the dialog uses a different theme (dark theme) compared to the application that may have triggered the dialog. I am no security expert, but I see this as a security vulnerability. I basically trust my system, but still I feel insecure typing my admin password in a window that pops up "randomly". What grants the origin of this dialog box? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: policykit-1 0.105-8ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc1-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon May 4 12:24:27 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-17 (320 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417) JournalErrors: Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority', 'warning'] failed with exit code 1: No journal files were found. SourcePackage: policykit-1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-27 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/1451398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
