** Description changed: - When running a privileged application, such as Synaptic, under gnome-flashback - an Authenticate dialog box pops up. - After I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, - the Password box and Authenticate button are now incorrectly greyed out. + [Impact] + + When running a privileged application, such as Synaptic, under gnome- + flashback an Authenticate dialog box pops up. + + After I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, the Password box and + Authenticate button are now incorrectly greyed out. + + [Test Case] + + - Make sure there is at least two users with account type set to administrator. + - Try to run any privileged application. + - If dialog has already selected user then password entry should not be disabled. + + [Proposed Fix] + + The fix is a backport of upstream commit: + - https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-flashback/commit/?id=5cfd4d000520e39b45c + “polkit: do not disable password entry” + + [Regression Potential] + + None. + + [Other Info] + I discovered a simple but very annoying workaround: - if I pull down and select a different user - then pull down a second time to select myself, - the Password box and Authenticate button are no longer greyed out - and I can successfully authenticate. + if I pull down and select a different user then pull down a second time to select myself, the Password box and Authenticate button are no longer greyed out and I can successfully authenticate. The "Details" pull down in the Authenticate box shows "Action: com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic" and "Vendor:". - This bug showed up after upgrading, - and might not be directly related to the upgrade, - but possibly due to uninstalling alternate desktops (Xubuntu and Lubuntu.) + This bug showed up after upgrading, and might not be directly related to + the upgrade, but possibly due to uninstalling alternate desktops + (Xubuntu and Lubuntu.)
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