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Ubuntu 20.04: annoying popup ‘Authentication is required to run gvfsd-admin daemon’

If you get the above popup, and it is impossible to get it to go away (cancel does nothing, authenticate hangs…), here is a quick solution to get rid of it:

Press ALT+F2, enter ‘r’ (without the quotes) in the command box and press enter. This will restart Gnome and the window will be gone. Your running apps keep running!