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Bug#1009074: [usbguard] this action needs authorisation

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Lyndon Brown

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Apr 6, 2022, 4:20:04 PM4/6/22
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Package: usbguard
Version: 1.1.1+ds-2

I installed this update to my Sid install today and now if my Gnome
session gets locked, after unlocking I get presented with a 'this
usbguard action needs authorisation' password prompt.

I dismissed it and immediately got a second, which I also dismissed.

Harri Haataja

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Apr 13, 2022, 8:20:03 AM4/13/22
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Package: usbguard
Version: 1.1.1+ds-2
Followup-For: Bug #1009074
X-Debbugs-Cc: x...@iki.fi

(On my machine, not original reporter..)
The obnoxious popup dialog appears twice also if given a correct password.
It appears on every resume (at least) and has no user discernible effect on anything
and there is no obvious reasib why it happens, what should be done, or whether it
can be disabled somehow.

This is a massive usability fail IMO, and makes people hate and uninstall usbguard even more.

One journal line also does seem to appear:

gsd-usb-protect[4348]: Error calling USBGuard DBus to change the protection after a screensaver event: Timeout was reached


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.16.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages usbguard depends on:
ii dbus 1.14.0-1
ii init-system-helpers 1.62
ii libaudit1 1:3.0.7-1+b1
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcap-ng0 0.7.9-2.2+b1
ii libgcc-s1 12-20220319-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.0-1+b1
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-33
ii libseccomp2 2.5.3-2
ii libstdc++6 12-20220319-1
ii libusbguard0 1.1.1+ds-2

usbguard recommends no packages.

usbguard suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/usbguard/usbguard-daemon.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/usbguard/usbguard-daemon.conf'

-- no debconf information

Harri Haataja

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Apr 19, 2022, 2:40:03 AM4/19/22
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Package: usbguard
Version: 1.1.1+ds-2
Followup-For: Bug #1009074
X-Debbugs-Cc: x...@iki.fi

Dear Maintainer,
the popup also appears at boot and combined with the misfeature of gnome shell starting in
overview mode, there is an unresponsive dialog in the middle of the screen until you come
out of overview.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.16.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
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