bruce wrote: > just saw this thread. so, is there a way/solution to allow a "root" user > to use the gui/gnome/package update app???? You need to patch both PolicyKit and gnome-packagekit. PolicyKit patch here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=323469 Sorry, I don't have a patch for gnome-packagekit (using kpackagekit). I wish this kind of stupid arbitrary restrictions just got removed. Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines