Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

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On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 12:50 -0400, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: 
> On 06/13/2012 02:44 PM, valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when
> accessing printer settings?
> 
> Is there some user group I need to be part of? Do I need to edit some
> system files? Are there some PolicyKit options that need to be edited?
> How?
> 
> Here are screenshots for printer dialog and user account:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/184632/printer-root.png
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/184632/user-valent.png
> 
> If you know how please share how you managed to do it, because it is
> driving me nuts, if I'm not mistaken this is the same issue that Linus
> Torvalds vented regarding same issue on OpenSuse -
> https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Valent.
> 
> 
> 
> Quite simply. if more than one user is using the said computer then determining who has access
> to what resources may be important, and printers are considered a resource. I can understand your
> frustration, but if other people with access to your computer with another account use your printer
> resources without permission I suspect you'd eventually get annoyed. It amounts to be careful what
> you wish for.
> 
> Regards
> 
> cpp4ever
> 

When you set up Fedora, if you go through the firstboot procedure, you
are prompted to create a user.  In recent versions, there is an option
to make that user an "administrator".  In that case, the user is made a
member of the wheel group and is prompted for his own password instead
of root when performing administrative tasks using the GUI tools.

To make a user an administrator ex post, avail yourself of the "User
Accounts" settings app. in Gnome Shell.

> 

-- 
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu

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