Re: "Authentication Required" dialog box

On Thu, 2026-06-11 at 11:27 -0400, Ranbir wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-06-11 at 16:12 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:1
> > That popup says it's in order to "update metadata", something you
> > could
> 
> I did, though not with those specific words. Either way, it doesn't
> change anything.
> 
> > have mentioned earlier when asking the original question. It might
> > relate to updating the RPM database, but really I've no idea,
> > either
> > because a) I don't use Gnome, or b) I don't use AD, or c) I don't
> > use
> > Gnome with AD.
> 
> It's not an AD issue. I can take AD out of the picture and just have
> my
> desktop enrolled into a plain old AlmaLinux 9 IdM domain (i.e. not in
> a
> trust with AD): The pop up still appears.
> 
> A bug that has been present for several releases is not promising. It
> must be hard to fix or the problem isn't annoying enough for anyone
> to
> care (yet).
> 
> I am going to have to find a way to workaround the issue. It'll
> probably involve making my systems less secure. :/

As I say, it doesn't happen to me, but looking back at the bug history
it appears to be related to GDM and/or Packagekit. I don't use either
of those (I guess packagekit is running but I never touch it, nor do I
use GUI updaters). If you always use dnf directly, you might consider
removing PackageKit as a test.

poc
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