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[dah bien-hwa <1512002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have the same problem after an upgrade to 15.10. running a gnome3
session here.

One other report of this problem is here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/562355/seemingly-random-authentication-
is-required-to-change-your-own-user-data

The "solution" posted there however doesn't seem right to me (preventing
PolicyKit Authentication Aagent from starting).

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Title:
  Annoying dialog "Authentication is required to change your own user
  data"

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.

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