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Steps to reproduce:
1) Wait until PolicyKit/sudo does not remember your password
2) Open System > Users and Groups
3) click on your login name
4) click on Properties
5) set password by hand
6) click OK
7) enter old password
Then try to authenticate by starting an administrative application like
Synaptic or Date & Time. Authentication always fails.
OS: Xubuntu 8.10
Xfce 4 Desktop Environment
version 4.5.91
WORKAROUND: after changing password, user must log out and log in again.
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Status: Triaged
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Changing your password does not allow admin authentication before session is
restarted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315002
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