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[Michael Vaillant <1871593@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
In my case, this issue occurs after every reboot when I log in through RealVNC. A pop-up window appears with the following message:

Authenticate
Authentication is required to create a color profile

    An application is attempting to perform an action that requires
privileges. Authentication as one of the users below is required to
perform this action.

Then:

    A dropdown list of root users,
    A password field asking for a root password (!)

The problem is:

1- You don't know which application is asking. It just says "An application" — no name, no PID, no context.
2- You are expected to give your root password blindly, without any guarantee about who is asking.

Pretty scary. At least there is a “Details” drop-down, which shows:

    Action: org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile
    Vendor: System Color Manager

    A link: https://www.freedesktop.org/projects/system-color-manager/ →
which is dead (404).

So of course, I clicked on “Cancel”. But the pop-up comes back again. I cancel again.
Now, this annoying window appears at *every startup* and there’s no clean way to refuse it / dismiss it for a normal user.

System info:
    Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky)
    RealVNC used for remote desktop
    XFCE + GNOME installed
    colord.service is started at login
    Logs show it is triggered by: xiccd

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Title:
  User receives prompt on login: "Authentication is required to create a
  color managed device"

Status in colord package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This concerns colord 1.4.4-2 in Ubuntu focal. (xiccd 0.3.0-1 may also
  be relevant.)

  I log into the Xfce desktop environment, and immediately see an
  "Authenticate" window pop up:

      Authentication is required to create a color managed device

      Password for root: ________

      Action: org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device
      Vendor: System Color Manager

  I see this in syslog:

      Apr  8 05:38:30 test-ubuntu64 dbus-daemon[573]: [system]
  Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ColorManager'
  unit='colord.service' requested by ':1.35' (uid=1000 pid=1475
  comm="xiccd " label="unconfined")

  This prompt is confusing to ordinary users, and I do not understand
  why it should even be necessary.

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