[Desktop-packages] [Bug 437508] Re: policykit prompts don't use sensible defaults (current user should be default)

2023-09-04 Thread Vegard Søbstad Alsli
They removed the ability to choose a user, but now it in my case will always select an administrator that none of the users on the device has rights to use anyway. This problem got worse, not better. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 437508] Re: policykit prompts don't use sensible defaults (current user should be default)

2020-06-17 Thread abssorb
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.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 437508] Re: policykit prompts don't use sensible defaults (current user should be default)

2020-04-24 Thread Mauro Miatello
this behaviour is no more enabled, ubuntu 18-19-20 ask always the password of the first admin created. I think this is wrong. -- 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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 437508] Re: policykit prompts don't use sensible defaults (current user should be default)

2017-09-18 Thread amk
If the current user is admin, the dialog shall prompt for his password directly. A list of admin users makes sense only if the current user is not admin. In Ubuntu 16.04, after adding second administrative user there is a drop-down but password entry is disabled before selecting the other admin