On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 12:59 -0800, bruce wrote: > if you're root... > > perhaps it has something to do with your selinux/permissions access?? > > don't quote me on this.. I'm running Add/Remove Software as a normal user, not as root. I've disabled Selinux. Does it happen to anyone else??? Germán. > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Germán A. Racca > <german.racca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi there: > > > > I have a PC with Fedora 12 x86_64 and Gnome desktop, and when I want to > > install a program, I go to System -> Administration -> Add/Remove > > Software, then I select the package, and finally it asks me for the root > > password. > > > > But in my notebook, with Fedora 12 i686 and Gnome desktop, the same > > procedure as above doesn't ask me for the root password, but rather I > > get the error: > > > > "Authorization failed > > You have failed to provide correct authentication > > Please check any passwords or account settings." > > > > What happened? I'm missing some configuration steps? > > > > Regards, > > Germán -- Germán A. Racca National Institute for Space Research (INPE) São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil http://sites.google.com/site/gracca http://gracca.wordpress.com -- 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
