mac keeps asking for password to make changes for battlenet

Correlation isn't causation, but in addition to a broken display manager, something pretty comprehensively borked my Python3 installation at the same time, to the extent of having to nuke and reinstall. This fix doesn't rise to much more than mystic incantations as I have no idea what went wrong. After reconfiguring gdm3 logins started working again. I do not know if installing lightdm was necessary or if just reconfiguring gdm3 would have done the trick, but at least it would have given me a usable system. Thanks apple) if you’re like me, you’ll have the setting Require Password both switched ON and GREYED OUT.

Then go to Settings -> iTunes and App Store -> Password Settings at the top (if this doesn’t appear, turn off Screen Time. Now go to Apple Menu and pick the System Preferences option. If user password is required, go ahead and enter it. Find the likely malicious entry on the interface, right-click on it and select Move to Trash. sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 (choose gdm3in dialog) Turn OFF iTunes and App Store under use Touch/Face ID for. Click the Go button again, but this time select Applications on the list.login to GUI using lightdm to ensure it works.sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm (choose lightdm in dialog).I fixed it by switching to a tty login, installing lightdm, configuring it as my display manager, rebooting, logging in, setting gdm3 as the DM and rebooting again. This happened to me after a reboot following a kernel version bump.

Mac keeps asking for password to make changes for battlenet