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Bug 659310 - Authentication problem in system with two or more sudo accounts
Authentication problem in system with two or more sudo accounts
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 651547
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.1.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-09-17 11:00 UTC by Andrew
Modified: 2011-11-03 14:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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situation with two administrators accounts (126.51 KB, image/png)
2011-09-17 11:00 UTC, Andrew 		Details

Description Andrew 2011-09-17 11:00:08 UTC 
Created attachment 196795 [details]
situation with two administrators accounts

Can not choose user in authentication dialogue to get root privileges. Another (not current) user with administration rights is chosen by default.

OS Ubuntu 11.10 beta1
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-09-17 17:54:55 UTC 
Yes, this (user selection) wasn't addressed in the designs:
https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/AuthorizationDialog
so it was never implemented.

We need a design that covers this.
Comment 2 Andrew 2011-09-18 18:40:20 UTC 
But why not current user is active?
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2011-09-18 20:35:31 UTC 
no idea. ccing david
Comment 4 Daniel Arteaga 2011-11-03 14:34:44 UTC 
Same problem here. Found a very useful javascript patch which solves it:

http://anti.teamidiot.de/nei/2011/10/gnome_3_authentication_require/
Comment 5 Ray Strode [halfline] 2011-11-03 14:52:02 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 651547 ***