Bug 698351

Summary:	Authorization dialog sent to wrong X11 display when using VNC
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	RogerOdle <odlebz>
Component:	polkit	Assignee:	David Zeuthen <davidz>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	davidz, mclasen, nphilipp
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Description RogerOdle 2011-04-20 17:36:57 UTC

Description of problem:
Authorization dialog pops up on wrong X11 display when attempting to remotely administer Fedora 15 host through VNC session.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 15 beta
system-config-services              0.99.47-2.fc15
gtk-vnc2.x86_64                     0.4.3-1.fc15                @fedora         
libvncserver.x86_64                 0.9.7-5.fc15                @fedora         
tigervnc.x86_64                     1.0.90-3.fc15               @updates-testing
x11vnc.x86_64                       0.9.12-18.fc15              @fedora      

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login to Fedora 15 host so you have an active local X11 display.
2. Login to Fedora 15 host remotely via VNC
3. Launch system-config-services tool.
4. Attempt to enable/disable a service.
  
Actual results:
remote host appears to lock up.
authorization dialog (for regular user with administrative authority, not root) appears on the local display.  Entering the password releases the services menu on the remote display.

Expected results:
The authorization dialog should have appeared on the same X11 display that system-config-services is using.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2011-04-21 10:55:23 UTC

The dialog is displayed by an authentication agent of the desktop, initiated by polkitd on behalf of the application. How polkitd decides which authentication agent to contact, i.e. the one on the local desktop or the other on the VNC desktop (if one is running there at all), I can't say. Changing component to polkit for further examination.

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