** Description changed: [Impact] When running a privileged application, such as Synaptic, under gnome- flashback an Authenticate dialog box pops up. After I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, the Password box and Authenticate button are now incorrectly greyed out. [Test Case] - Make sure there is at least two users with account type set to administrator. - Try to run any privileged application. - If dialog has already selected user then password entry should not be disabled. + - If there is no selected user, the password entry should be disabled until the user is selected. [Proposed Fix] The fix is a backport of upstream commit: - https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-flashback/commit/?id=5cfd4d000520e39b45c “polkit: do not disable password entry” [Regression Potential] - None. + The commit in question only changes the sensitive property of + prompt_label, password_entry and auth_button. This property was always + FALSE before the commit, now it is TRUE in some cases. So the only + possible regression could be that the entry and button are wrongly + enabled when it should not. This is covered by the last item of the test + case. [Other Info] I discovered a simple but very annoying workaround: if I pull down and select a different user then pull down a second time to select myself, the Password box and Authenticate button are no longer greyed out and I can successfully authenticate. The "Details" pull down in the Authenticate box shows "Action: com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic" and "Vendor:". This bug showed up after upgrading, and might not be directly related to the upgrade, but possibly due to uninstalling alternate desktops (Xubuntu and Lubuntu.)
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