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Bug 776256 - Open files dialog requires authentication to view recent files
Open files dialog requires authentication to view recent files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 771285
Product: gvfs
Classification: Core
Component: admin backend
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Cosimo Cecchi
gvfs-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-12-19 10:11 UTC by bobbro92
Modified: 2016-12-19 15:17 UTC
See Also:
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Description bobbro92 2016-12-19 10:11:04 UTC 
In any application when opening a file through the system dialog, if recent files is selected a prompt appears asking for authentication. 

If this is repeatedly cancelled I can continue as normal. 

This affects gnome 3.22 n fedora 25 and antergos, haven't tried any other distros.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2016-12-19 13:46:20 UTC 
It sounds highly unlikely that gnome-shell would pop up an authentication dialog without being asked by polkit to do so. A much more likely reason is that something in GTK+, GIO or GVFS triggers a polkit request that results in the dialog - my guess would be on some privileged file that had been opened through the new admin:// backend ending up in recent files. It's not quite clear to me where the bug lies - the GTK+ file chooser/print dialog adding privileged files to recent files, or the gvfs backend asking for authentication when the file is merely listed - so let's start with gvfs ...
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2016-12-19 15:17:17 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 771285 ***