Re: "Authentication Required" dialog box

Ranbir <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 2026-06-10 at 23:24 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> I've no idea what IdM is, but I'd wonder what AD (Active Directory?)
> has to do with local Linux privileges. Surely it's for accessing
> network resources?
> 
> I don't use any of that stuff, but I can run "sudo dnf ..." (or in
> fact
> "sudo <anything> "and never get asked for a password.

The problem isn't that I don't want to be asked to enter my password
when I use sudo. The problem is if I use dnf or rpm in a terminal, very
soon after the operation is complete, a GUI dialog box opens saying
"things have changed" and I need to provide the password for a local
user. That local user is in fact in the wheel group.

Why is Gnome asking me to authenticate after rpm or dnf are used in a
terminal?

https://www.pasteboard.co/wLPnPRGKrED7.png

The stupid auth window I see is above.

Oh look, I found a bugzilla entry:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400464

Bah!

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