On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 08:25 -0700, Emmett Culley wrote: > It is interesting that my other workstation works differently. That > is, yumex doesn't prompt for the root password until it is about to do > something that requires root permissison. But it is asking for the > root password, not my user password, as are all other apps that > require root permissions. > > Any ideas how to get apps to require the root password instead of my > user password? You probably didn't set up that user with yourself in the "wheel" group, which sets up the user for use with sudo, in a simple manner. In windows-parlance, an admin user. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.13.10-200.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Apr 14 21:00:56 UTC 2014 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
