Still present (and very annoying) in 20.04. Possible workaround (this bug unassigned for 11 years) https://nirebu.com/blog/customise-polkit-user-list-default-current
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437508 Title: policykit prompts don't use sensible defaults (current user should be default) Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: policykit-1 Every time update-manager prompts me for authentication information now, I have to manually select my current username from the list of available admin users. This is not sensible default behavior; if the current user is an admin user, it should be prepopulated in the pulldown list. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Sep 26 22:32:09 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: policykit 0.9-4ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.35-generic SourcePackage: policykit Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/437508/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
