On Wednesday 26 May 2010 10:41 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 05:56 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Suvayu >> Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I believe what the OP is asking is the gui utility that remembers the >>> authentication after a user enters the root password after the prompt by >>> a gui dialogue. >> >> You're right. I was being stupid! >> > > Happens to all of us from time to time. ;) > >> >>> As far as I know this facility used to be offered by policykit and the >>> way to set this was to use polkit-gnome-authorization. But that >>> particular utility has been unavailable since Fedora 12. >> >> AFAIK the polkit gui was removed as of F12 and policies are now set up >> by creating a pkla file in one of the subdirectories of >> /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority. > > I thought the backend has always been the same, even with the polkit gui > from F11? > > It was a very handy way to set things up and control the level of access > I want to give to a regular user. After extensive searching I have been > unable to find any proper justification for the removal. > > The closest I got was a thread on the desktop-list where the polkit > developers responded to a query by a Fedora contributor with a, "It has > been removed, not bringing it back again.". On a subsequent post by > another contributor complaining about the obscurity of the man page > explaining how to make the changes by hand (fiddling with the pkla > files), was responded with a "submit a patch for the man page". I gave > up on this ever since. > The said link, almost exactly as I remembered ... quite sad. :( <http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx/12934572.html> > When I have the time I would like to file an RFE on bugzilla about this. > -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
