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

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  Annoying dialog "Authentication is required to change your own user
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