It is not a bug, policy kit simply behaves has requested for a non-local user.
With an appropriate policy, you could obtain what you expect also for a non-local user. See my answer on http://askubuntu.com/: http://askubuntu.com/questions/47942/headless-ubuntu-11-04-problematic- experience-when-machine-is-headless-user-is/54053#54053 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/797960 Title: polkit-agent-helper-1 prompts for authentication on the wrong DISPLAY. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/797960/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
