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[Bug 1512002] Re: Annoying dialog "Authentication is required to change your own user data"

 

Here is one method to see the dialog without working remotely:

sudo sed 's/<allow_active>yes/<allow_active>auth_self/' -i /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.accounts.policy
Then press Alt+Ctrl+F2 to switch to vt2, and Alt+Ctrl+F7 to switch back to vt7.

After testing, to revert the change, run:
sudo sed 's/<allow_active>auth_self/<allow_active>yes/' -i /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.accounts.policy


On LTSP thin clients, one can reproduce it by just changing VTs, without changing the accountsservice polkit files.

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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.

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