https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490391
Bug ID: 490391
Summary: Asking for admin password for suspend on a device the
user has access to seems questionable
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: 6.1.2
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: e...@horse64.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
By default, when an application inhibits suspend (which a lot of applications
do falsely, e.g. by having a paused video block suspend even though no playback
is occurring) KDE will no longer allow suspend on the lock screen at all and no
longer allow it with unlocked session either without entering the admin
password. There also doesn't seem to be a setting in "Security & Privacy" in
the KDE System Settings to change this. This seems questionable behavior to me
on a device the user physically has in front of them, outside of rare kiosk
setups, since the user can typically just unplug or force shutdown the device
in some way. On portable devices like laptop especially it can at the same time
be highly disruptive, e.g. I want to leave the house and take the device with
me and need to suspend it for that purpose before putting it in my backpack.
But now with a screen lock engaged this process becomes very cumbersome,
requiring two password prompts, rather than just one button press.
My apologies if I'm missing something that actually makes this important or
more reasonable than I thought! I just couldn't think of what that could be at
the time of filing.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have any app inhibit suspend
2. Use Super+L to lock screen
3. Press "Sleep" button on lock screen
OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing happens. If you unlock the session again which is somewhat elaborate to
do, there will be an admin password prompt. Without also entering that admin pw
prompt, there's no apparent way to suspend. There is no "Security & Privacy"
setting that I can find that allows changing this behavior that is probably a
mismatch for many users' use cases.
EXPECTED RESULT
There is a setting to achieve the following behavior: suspend always works with
no admin pw prompt, especially also keeps working from the lock screen without
unlocking. Maybe this behavior should also be the default value of the setting.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: postmarketOS Edge
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
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