Re: Authentication required keeps popping up

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Subject: Re: Authentication required keeps popping up
From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:51:34 -0600
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Chris Capon wrote:
> >>Since upgrading to Debian Stable (Wheezy), the Gnome desktop has a
> >>popup which occurs at least once a day asking for authentication.
> >>The exact message is:
> >>
> >>      Authentication is required to update packages

This sounds like Bug#708548.  This thread on debian-devel is
concerning this problem.

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/06/msg00341.html

No resolution yet.  But it is a big problem because it is training
people to fall prey to phishing attacks.

Bob

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