Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/29/2012 04:03 PM, Scott Doty wrote: >> On 02/29/2012 08:46 AM, David Malcolm wrote: >>> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 07:02 -0500, Neal Becker wrote: >>>> I think he's got a point >>>> >>>> http://www.osnews.com/story/25659/Torvalds_requiring_root_password_for_mundane_things_is_quot_moronic_quot_ >>> >>> >>>> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePolicyKit >>> in Fedora 8 onwards, >>> >>> It was revamped in Fedora 12: >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PolicyKitOne >>> >>> >> And (on Fedora 16), it still asks for the root password to add a >> printer. >> >> http://ponzo.net/PolKit-printer/ >> >> -Scott >> > I believe Fedora 17 has an add user to admin group checkbox when > adding the initial user, not sure if it is checked on or off by default. > > Actually, FC16 has this feature (and I use it). But this is sometimes even more confusing. Does that dialog want my password, or root pw? Some dialogs do clearly say, some don't. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
