Well it turns out I didn't test all of the applications using x2go, only
the one that didn't work (Firewall). All of the others seem to work fine.
Perhaps I will suggest x2go, but I am still quite aggravated I can't
figure out the xrdp problem :P
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Samuel Winchenbach <swinchen@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Well the slow dialog isn't the problem so much.
> >
> > I have disabled selinux just to remove one variable from the problem!
> >
> > Here are a list of applications and if they prompt for the root password
> > correctly:
> > "Add/Remove Software" - Application start fine, but when I click apply I
> > get "Authorization Failed" dialog box.
> > "Authentication" - Works great!
> > "Firewall" - I get an
> >
> org.fedoraproject.slip.dbus.service.PolKit.NotAuthroized.org.fedoraproject.config.firewall.auth
> > error dialog box on start.
> > "Services" - Application starts fine, but it never prompts for root
> > password and none of the buttons (enable, disable, start, stop, restart)
> > seem to do anything
> > "Software Update" - Application starts fine but "Install Updates" doesn't
> > do anything.
> > "Users and Groups" - Works great!
> >
> > So it is strange that "Authentication" and "Users and Groups" work great,
> > but the other fail one way or another. Different authentication
> > mechanisms? I am really quite lost.
>
> I was assuming that this behavior was different from a freenx/NX
> session but I see approximately the same thing where the apps that are
> links to consolehelper with the matching name configured under
> /etc/pam.d/ (system-config-authentication, etc.) work with with a
> password prompt as needed, but not the ones that are just python
> (system-config-firewall, etc.) My ck-list-sessions says:
> $ ck-list-sessions
> Session2:
> unix-user = '500'
> realname = '(null)'
> seat = 'Seat1'
> session-type = ''
> active = TRUE
> x11-display = ':0'
> x11-display-device = '/dev/tty1'
> display-device = ''
> remote-host-name = ''
> is-local = TRUE
> on-since = '2014-02-27T20:46:01.675451Z'
> login-session-id = '1'
> idle-since-hint = '2014-02-27T22:36:31.861340Z'
>
> I don't know what most of that means, but my X display is definitely not
> :0.
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> :1320.0
>
> So something is not right here... Googleing for that
>
> org.fedoraproject.slip.dbus.service.PolKit.NotAuthorizedException.org.fedoraproject.config.firewall.auth:
> error turns up a bunch of hits but I couldn't find a real fix to
> make the password prompt happen. Seems to be controlled by stuff
> related to PolicyKit, and maybe something to do with the magic that
> happens when you log in on the console device. I don't believe much
> in magic, so I've always thought that was a very strange concept for
> an inherently multiuser OS.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
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