Using Jaunty, I cannot reproduce this bug using %aaaaa as password. So I assume that's been fixed, probably in PolicyKit. Thus marking as fixed, but feel free to reopen if you find it again in a recent version (and then we'll have to find what conditions are triggering it).
** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- Cannot authenticate user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs