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When getting a popup message to Authenticate as “administrator” in gnome it most likely means the user you are using does not have the correct groups associated to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the messages you see were “Authentication required to refresh system repositories”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When rebooting or relogging in, it will now show your username to authenticate instead of “administrator”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add the user to the adm<\/code> and sudo<\/code> group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo usermod -a -G adm <username>\n\nsudo usermod -a -G sudo <username><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Not exactly related – but similar issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/gitlab.gnome.org\/GNOME\/gnome-shell\/-\/issues\/352<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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