Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-life in April 2019.
https://ubuntugnome.org/ubuntu-gnome-16-04-lts-is-here/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038972 Title: gnome-shell dead-locks when asking for ssh-passwd using sshfs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1038972/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs