Thanks for the quick reply. It seems it's an Ubuntu patch that adds details to match the authentication dialog with its parent window. This is no longer allowed by polkitd. I can't find this patch in the repositories, but it really seems it's applied, and we need to get rid of it.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #596260 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596260 ** Also affects: policykit-1-gnome via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596260 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685655 Title: PolicyKit authentication error: Only trusted callers (e.g. uid 0) can use CheckAuthorization() and pass details -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
