On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 19:40 +0100, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > I tried to run system-config-firewall logged in remotely as a normal > > user (not root). I am not prompted for root's password. The interface > > pops up and the startup splash screen displays, but when the splash > > screen clears, it's replaced with an error popup with the message > > > > org.fedoraproject.slip.dbus.service.PolKit.NotAuthorizedException.org.fedoraproject.config.firewall.auth: > > > > and buttons labeled "Redo" and "Quit". "Redo" results in the same > > popup. Running on the local machine behaves as expected: root password > > prompt, GUI opens, interaction is normal. Logging in remotely as root > > works as expected too, but that's not a good security practice. > > > > Is this a bug? (I assume so...) If so, what package? (This is > > system-config-firewall-1.2.27-1.fc14.noarch, FWIW.) > > I had a similar problem with virt-manager, when launched in a > remote ssh session, but I don't remember the details. > > I failed to understand what the designed behavior would have been, > this new-fashion "session" concept (dbus, policykit,...) is too confusing > for me. In the good old days you just were a specific user and the only > thing you had to manage was xauth and DISPLAY (and ssh does it for you)... > Bug already filed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649566 -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- 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
