These files needs to be created in the following location ( you need to have admin rights to copy/create files in this location !!!) /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/ To create these polkit exceptions, we will need to create some additional files that would override the default authorization rules. Basically, when remotely connected, the Polkit rules are more restrictive and we need to create exceptions in order for the user to perform actions that would not prompt for authentication dialog box when locally connected on a computer. Different Polkit rules are being applied when a user is logged on locally on a machine or when remotely connected to the system. Polkit check if a user is authorized to perform a certain number of actions.
Fixing the issue the proper way….īased on our previous posts about these kind of issues (see here, here and here), we know that the problem is related to Polkit technology used within Ubuntu operating system. Keep reading and jump to the solution section…. After some investigations, we found out what the problem was and we are providing the correct way to fix this issue in this post. So, we have been working hard to find what was causing the side effect. We initially tackled this issue in the following post but this solution is generating another side effect. Ubuntu 19.10, is also behaving in a similar way. This issue, started to show up in Ubuntu 19.04. The new authentication popup is showing the following message Authentication required to refresh system repositories.
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Since the release of Ubuntu 19.04, when installing xRDP software on top of it, a new authentication popup is showing up when performing a remote desktop connection. Our scripts is basically taking care of most of annoyances a user can get when performing a remote connection to Ubuntu through xRDP. If you are using our famous xRDP installation scripts, you do not need to perform these actions as they are carried out by the script.
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You can decide to enter your credentials or dismiss the popup but chances are that you will be prompted two or three times and the popup will be displayed again.
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If you have performed a manual installation of xRDP package on Ubuntu, when performing your remote connection, you would see an annoying authentication popup showing up. If you are using xRDP on top of Ubuntu for a long time, you probably remember the infamous authentication popup annoyance (see here). Note : xrdp-installer-1.0.sh script already contains the fix and you can use the script to automate xRDP installation and provide the best remote session experience to your users… Reminder – Quick Problem Description All Ubuntu Releases This issue was basically preventing software installation from remote sessions.Īfter some investigations, we have been able to identify the issue and we are now writing up a new post that would explain what to do in order to fix both issues (the authentication popup and the no permissions to perform software installation within remote Session.) However, we have found that the proposed solution in our previous post ( xRDP – New “Authentication Required…” Popup showing up in Ubuntu 19.04) was actually introducing a new issue. The issue was similar to the “infamous Authentication required to create managed color device” and same approach would be used to fix this new annoying popup dialog box. This popup will be showing up each time you perform a remote connection to your Ubuntu machine. After installing xRDP on top of Ubuntu 19.04 operating system, and when performing the remote connection, you would notice that a authentication popup is showing up.
In a previous post ( xRDP – New “Authentication Required…” Popup showing up in Ubuntu 19.04), we have discussed about a minor issue that has been introduced with the release of Ubuntu 19.04.