Bug 455169 - Changing user passwords: Changing a user password via the settings tool fails to bring up polkit for authentication
Summary: Changing user passwords: Changing a user password via the settings tool fails...
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.24.5
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2022-06-12 01:15 UTC by K Freed
Modified: 2022-06-14 16:40 UTC (History)
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Description K Freed 2022-06-12 01:15:43 UTC 
SUMMARY
Today I discovered a bug in which attempting to change a user password in system settings fails as polkit is never brought up to authenticate the change.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open System settings
2. Go to "users"
3. Click on your user account
4. Click on "change password"
5. Enter new password twice
6. Click "set password"

OBSERVED RESULT
"Enter password" dialog goes away. Password is not changed.

EXPECTED RESULT
"Enter password" dialog goes away. Polkit is called to authenticate the password change. Password is changed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux 5.17.9
Polkit 0.120-5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.4
OS distribution: Garuda (arch) linux


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Have replicated this issue on two different computers running Garuda Linux (one is a fresh install)
Comment 1 galder 2022-06-12 15:39:17 UTC 
Hello I could not reproduce this issue in 
Operating System: Kubuntu 21.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.13.0-48-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/PCIe/SSE2
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-06-14 16:40:06 UTC 
Works for me too. This is going to end up caused by a local misconfiguration or a distro misconfiguring its polkit rules. I would recommend following up with your distro about the issue.