Apologies, this doesn't make sense -- just ignore the "Which will set it to expire" -- this shouldn't be there. Without it, the rest should make sense.
Basically, an expired password causes nasty problems for PolicyKit- enabled apps. This is easily verifiable. Just set your password to expire immediately and then try and use a PolicyKit app. This could easily affect systems that remained logged in for days. -- PolicyKit hangs X if a password expires during the session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240231 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
