On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: . > ---- > perhaps there was an issue with the original F12 release that would have > gotten fixed if you update to current. System is completely up to date at this point... > > Yes, there is a mechanism to cache credentials - I am not knowledgeable > about this but I think it's about a five minute cache. Believe it or not, it appears to be related to using a VNC session versus logging in directly on the console. I can't say for sure yet, but the VNC logins had been failing and the VMWare console (which is effectively a local console) worked fine. > 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). That's the thing.. I opened local terminal session and su'd to root, but on running the app it complained that I was a *privileged* user. I'll have some time to look at it tonight and hope to resolve soon.. -- 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
