[Bug 1605189] Re: Authentication is required for suspending the system

[Markus Kwaśnicki]

I also went into this issue "system is asking for authentication to
suspend" running Xubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus.

But luckily I figured out, this behaviour came when I set "lock session
automatically when screensaver is activated" in the security tab of XFCE
power management. Setting it back to "never", suspending the system is
working without authentication again.

Hope that hint helps finding some better solution.

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Title:
  Authentication is required for suspending the system

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Automatic suspend from the xfce power manager does not work, as a
  window opens and asks for my password. Well, if it wants to suspend
  the system after a given timeout, I cannot enter my password as I'm
  not in front of my system then. Once I'm able to enter my password it
  is too late to run the suspend action.

  The window asking for my password prints:

  Password: <field-to-enter-the password>

  Details

  Action: org.freedesktop.login1.suspend
  Vendor: The systemd project

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: systemd 229-4ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Jul 21 13:13:12 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-17 (703 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: LENOVO 4236ML1
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro intel_pstate=enable
  SourcePackage: systemd
  SystemdDelta:
   [EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service → /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf
   [EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
   
   2 overridden configuration files found.
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-28 (53 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/05/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 83ET76WW (1.46 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 4236ML1
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr83ET76WW(1.46):bd07/05/2013:svnLENOVO:pn4236ML1:pvrThinkPadT420:rvnLENOVO:rn4236ML1:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 4236ML1
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T420
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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