2009/12/10 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2009/12/8 davide <lists4davide@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Il Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:05:18 -0800, suvayu ali ha scritto: >> >>> why dont you use polkit? it gives you more control than gksudo, and much >>> more secure. >> >> I'll do. I just know now about it being the Right Thing. ;-) >> >> Any pointer? >> > > For the command line you can setup sudo as you wish. (PASSWORD or NOPASSWORD) > > For gui stuff, just look at all the keys in the dialog for polkit (or > gnome-polkit, I don't recall exactly. Not on a Fedora machine right > now). Some of the keys are named rather non-intuitively, so you may > have to fool around a bit. I also seem to recall some discussions on > this on fedora-list within the last 6 months. I don't recall the name > of the thread though. So searching the archives will also help. If you're on F12, then add yourself to the desktop_admin_r group that will be in /etc/group. That allows you to authenticate with your own password to most of the PolKit dialogs, which is pretty much what you are looking for. I believe a simplified GUI for setting this up is in the works, because while the granularity of the old PolKit interface was lovely, it was a bit over the top for most users. -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
