[Bug 1631337] [NEW] spurious polkit authentication request from update-manager

[Pierre Ossman (Cendio AB)]

Public bug reported:

Logging in remotely bugs users with a polkit dialog asking them to
authenticate. This is because a remote session does not have access to
org.debian.apt.update-cache.

Such dialogs should only pop up on direct user action, so either this
background process needs to be removed, or it needs to fail silently
when it isn't authorized.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: xenial

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Title:
  spurious polkit authentication request from update-manager

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Logging in remotely bugs users with a polkit dialog asking them to
  authenticate. This is because a remote session does not have access to
  org.debian.apt.update-cache.

  Such dialogs should only pop up on direct user action, so either this
  background process needs to be removed, or it needs to fail silently
  when it isn't authorized.

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