Public bug reported:
This wasn't a problem for me until I installed Quantal on my box. It's
taken me months to figure out the root cause. I use LDAP for group
authentication and assumed it was a related issue.
Using Gnome-shell OR the command line to launch an app that uses pkexec
has a high percentage chance of submitting the password dialog before I
can type anything into it.
To reproduce from the command line:
pkexec echo "1"
Press and hold the enter button down for a half second to submit that
line. The pkexec password dialog appears and after it's manual delay
for a bad password displays "Sorry, that didn't work".
On a machine as fast as mine, I have to be EXTREMELY careful to super-
quick tap enter to get it to not also submit the password dialog. Even
then, there's a good chance it will still grab the enter key to submit
the dialog. On slower machines it seems to be less of an issue.
To reproduce from the Gnome shell:
Open the panel, type in "synap" and hit enter, holding the key for a
bit longer than usual to launch Synaptic.
** Affects: policykit-gnome (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Enter key pressed to launch pkexec triggers submission of empty
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