Bug 799480 - Polkit always asks for the password of the first user in wheel
Summary: Polkit always asks for the password of the first user in wheel
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 771278
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: polkit
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: David Zeuthen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-02 17:42 UTC by Sergio Pascual
Modified: 2013-03-06 04:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-03-02 19:17:52 UTC
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Description Sergio Pascual 2012-03-02 17:42:45 UTC
Description of problem:

When required authentication, polkit asks for the password of the first user in the wheel group. If you are in the wheel group, but you are not the first user, polkit will ask you for the password of this user even if you are in wheel.

Polkit should ask you your password if your user is in wheel.


I have checked that this command asks for my password:

pkcheck --action-id org.opensuse.cupspkhelper.mechanism.devices-get \
         --process $$ -u

If I edit /etc/group and put another user in group wheel before me, then the command asks me for the password of that user instead of mine.

Comment 1 David Zeuthen 2012-03-02 19:17:52 UTC
See bug 771278 comment 3.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 771278 ***


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