Bug 1148983 - Authentication challenge with insufficient information
Summary: Authentication challenge with insufficient information
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 21
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-10-02 20:00 UTC by Stephen Gallagher
Modified: 2015-11-09 14:13 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-11-09 14:13:38 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Screenshot of the challenge (614.97 KB, image/png)
2014-10-02 20:00 UTC, Stephen Gallagher
no flags Details

Description Stephen Gallagher 2014-10-02 20:00:57 UTC
Created attachment 943545 [details]
Screenshot of the challenge

Description of problem:
Intermittently, gnome-shell challenges me for a password for the account "stephen". Unfortunately, this is an email address that I use for signing into MANY different services and there's no indication what service it's actually asking for (and since I'm security-conscious, I have separate passwords for every service and won't blindly type my passwords in unless I'm sure which site is asking).

The authentication dialog needs to ALWAYS indicate what service it is trying to authenticate against.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.14.0-2.fc21.x86_64
gnome-online-accounts-3.14.0-1.fc21.x86_64

How reproducible:
It pops up several times a day.

Steps to Reproduce:
I don't know which account it is, so I can't readily reproduce it.

Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:
See attached screenshot.

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Comment 2 Stephen Gallagher 2015-11-09 14:13:38 UTC
I have not seen this bug in a long time.


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