Here's another way to reproduce it: <install openssh-server> $ ssh -X localhost $ /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 & $ dbus-send --system --print-reply=literal --dest=org.freedesktop.Accounts /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1001 org.freedesktop.Accounts.User.SetXHasMessages boolean:true
It doesn't make sense to have the user authenticate himself just to tell him he has new mail. This affects gnome-screensaver, lightdm's user switching ability, X2go, LTSP etc. Please replace the "auth_self" with "yes" as in the provided patch. ** Patch added: "change-own-user-data.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1512002/+attachment/4632965/+files/change-own-user-data.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512002 Title: Annoying dialog "Authentication is required to change your own user data" Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in indicator-messages package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in policykit-1-gnome package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Every few days a dialog pops up saying "Authentication is required to change your own user data" with an entry field for a password. If I type my user's password the dialog will reappear with an empty entry field. If I click on the cross to close the window many times it will be gone, but reappear a few days later. I don't know what this window is for and it makes no difference whether I close it or leave it. I don't use the gnome keyring. This started with Ubuntu 15.04 or maybe with an earlier release, and is still there in Ubuntu 15.10, also on machines I did a fresh install. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1512002/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
