Just tested on Intrepid with policykit: Installed: 0.9-1ubuntu1.
Tried the following:
sudo passwd -e
(Now the password is expired)
started time-admin, pressed unlock and entered my current, but expired,
password. About 20 sec later an error window comes up with the content
"Could not autentica
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 imme
