[Bug 828850] Re: software-properties-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges

[Edward Donovan]

I got this crash, again, when software sources asked for my password,
and I hit ESC.  I haven't had a chance to look at the code (and don't
know if I could figure anything out).  That said...   The error says:

  PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges

In my case, is the code presuming the authorization dialog resulted in a
successful authorization?  Perhaps it's lacking a check for whether it
really got permission, or at least how the dialog exited.

Beyond that, should 'permission denied' cause a crash?  That seems like
a case we ought to be able to cover.  Maybe it's not exactly a crash, in
my case: the software-properties-gtk window was still there, and still
responsive, I believe.  But some internals crashed enough to start
apport up.  'Permission denied' does seems like something we should
report to the user, perhaps in a dialog, and not have to throw an
exception for.

Maybe I can get time to look at the code.  Whether I might get anywhere is a crapshoot. 
Thanks.

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Title:
  software-properties-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking():
  com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy:
  com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  dont know

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.81.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Aug 11 14:27:10 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk -n -t 132120584
  ProcCwd: /home/yehuda/Documents
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '-n', '-t', '132120584']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: com.ubuntu.softwareproperties.applychanges
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-27 (21 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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