Public bug reported: I am trying to restore a full backup to an external hard drive. After 20 minutes or so, a cryptic gui popup arises which says that "some process" wants sudo authentication to run /bin/sh
It is surely a bug to generate such a vague request for sudo use. I note it has been this way since 2013 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1079553 which has been unaddressed, so the outcome of denying this request is still a great pain), but I am pointing out that this kind of permission request is itself a bug, if not a security risk because it teaches users to give that kind of permission to an unknown script. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: deja-dup 34.2-0ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-42.45-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Mar 19 12:35:43 2017 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-12 (400 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: deja-dup UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-01-21 (56 days ago) ** Affects: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1674121 Title: "Restore" asks for cryptic authentication to run /bin/sh as superuser To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1674121/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
