steps to reproduce: 1) open system settings > network > network proxy 2) change mode to manual 3) enter socks host "localhost" and port 12345 as in screenshot 4) click on apply system wide 5) the authenticate dialog appears, press cancel 4 times 6) open browser and go to any website, chrome and firefox complain about the proxy which means that the settings have been applied. the proxy localhost:12345 is not responding, because we didn't set it up.
This means either we can go around the security check by clicking cancel 4 times, or there shouldn't be a dialog box in the first place. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512156 Title: bypassing password request by pressing 'cancel' 4 times Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have setup a 'maunal' proxy under network > network proxy. To set it up I have entered by password. After a while (also after restarting the control center) I change the form form 'manual' to 'none'. A window pops up which requests my password to perform the changes. When I press 'cancel' four times, the changes are applied, without the password! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140922-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt17 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-51-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Nov 1 22:08:52 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-05 (241 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_unity-control-center: deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4 gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-control-center/+bug/1512156/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
