Thank you for your bug report. Could you add your 'journalctl -b 0' log after getting the issue? Is the user indicated in the auth dialog your user or another one?
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852701 Title: Authentication error after switching users Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have multiple users on my Ubuntu machine. When another user than me uses its account, and then I switch back to mine, I get a prompt :Authentication needed to refresh the system repositories at this point my password (I am admin/sudo) is always rejected. if I cancel it asks again for authentication. Nothing is accesible while this prompt is present. I've noticed that a workaround is to cancel multiple times (sometimes 2, sometimes +50 !), the system becomes progressively available. This was already present in my previous releases (19.04 / 18/10, ...) Ubuntu 19.10 gnome-software 3.30.6-2ubuntu10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-software 3.30.6-2ubuntu10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-22.24-generic 5.3.7 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Nov 15 08:22:15 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-26 (963 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.30.6-2ubuntu10 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-10-28 (17 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1852701/+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