"Authentication Required" message not accepting my password

[Priest_Apostate]

I am able to login to my Rocky 9 desktop system via XRDP from my Debian 12 system - however, when attempting to check the settings on the device, I keep getting a popup box asking for authentication. Inputting my normal (non-root) login password just results in the message popping back up, asking me to re-authenticate. Using my root password is rejected outright with an error message - so it is accepting the regular password. Once I receive that screen, I cannot close it by clicking "Cancel" (the message then just reappears), or get around it by disconnecting/reconnecting via a new session - I have to reboot the system, physically login to the device, then log back out in order to regain remote access again:

Even though I no longer have the ability to RDP into the device, I can still access the device via SSH, SFTP, etc.

Has anyone run into this issue - and, if so, what did you use to deal with that?

 

[theLegionWithin]

did a little bit of research - I dont have any way to replicate this myself but these looked relevant:
- https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=16310
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/782724/newbie-system-policy-prevents-wi-fi-scans
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/129...stem-policy-prevents-wifi-scans-in-focalfossa

hope that helps!

 

[Priest_Apostate]

Thanks - I'll try this out when I get back to my system, and let you know!
I saw the Ubuntu one before - but didn't think it applied to me, as I wasn't wanting to perform a Wifi scan.

 

[909mjolnir]

...not quite related to your question, but I used to get password errors on a previous system (that I don't use anymore) if I didn't logout and reboot after changing my password. So maybe if you did that, it's a similar problem(?)