"Authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages..." popup message at login
Issue
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User is reciving a GUI pop-up messages that says the following, and asks for the root password at login:

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When logging into a VNC session as user the following message is received:
Authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages An application is attempting to perofrm an action Action: org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-network-proxy-configure Vendor: The PackageKit Project
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gnome-packagekit, several versions
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