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 and then back myself. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/437508/+attachment/4952022/+files/Screenshot%20from%202017-09-10%2022-25-24.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded 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/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp