This is still an issue for hardy 20080318.1. In the live cd, the authorization dialog is not shown anymore, and the time gets changed. In the installed version the problem exists as described. I attached a screenshot showing the problem using Virtualbox.
** Attachment added: "clock-auth.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12727845/clock-auth.png -- Setting the time using the clock applet, shows authentication window below time settings window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200036 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs