On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 00:32 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 00:07 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > yes, I can see what you mean > >> > > >> > truth be told, for a completely static NIC, many of us 'old-timers' > >> > would turn off NetworkManager, turn on 'network' put 'ONBOOT=yes' in the > >> > configuration and be done with it. > >> > > >> > ;-) > >> > > >> > Craig > > Hmm.. Got a more interesting one now.. > > I'm logged in as an LDAP non-privileged user. From the menus, I select > System|Administration|Add/Remove Software. I add a couple packages > such as screen and dialog. On clicking Apply, I am warned: > > "You have failed to provide correct authentication. Please check any > passwords or account settings." > > I don't see any place to provide this authentication in the menus. > > If I exit out and try to run the "gpk-application" (not sure if this > is the correct app) I get a warning that I'm running as a privileged > user. > > It's caching my credentials somewhere, because I know that at one > point I was prompted to enter root password. ---- perhaps there was an issue with the original F12 release that would have gotten fixed if you update to current. Yes, there is a mechanism to cache credentials - I am not knowledgeable about this but I think it's about a five minute cache. If all else fails, you can get a virtual console, su to root (su -) and then run the tool without any need to get credentials. But I wouldn't know what the command is to launch packagekit (or whatever it is called). Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
