On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Tim Waugh <twaugh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 09:30 +0200, valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi, >> Fedora still has quite strict printing policies even if users choose >> to be a part of Administrator group during installation still need to >> input passwords while changing even the minor printer settings (like >> unpausing). This is still an issue on Fedora 16 and 17, is has been in >> bugzilla for over 2 years: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 >> >> Why are Administrator users being asked for root pasword when editing >> printer options? There is a fix from Fedora wiki page: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool >> >> Please make this fix permanent and enabled by default in Fedora. >> >> 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 > > FWIW, a better way of doing print-to-remote-service is being planned > which requires no special privilege: > http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/03/08/session-printing/ > > (This is no help for print-to-locally-attached-printer though.) > > Tim. > */ OK, but why isn't this easy fix via new policy done, why is it sitting in bugzilla for over two years? -- follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt & http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxxxx -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
