Re: Failed authentication in add/remove software [rawhide]

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On 03/19/2010 03:21 PM, Tom London wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Aioanei Rares<fedora.listen@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
>> As the subject says, I start the aforementioned application (gnome
>> menu->system->add/remove software) as usual user and I select some
>> packages to install; when I click install , I get the message that I
>> didn't provide the authentication and installation fails. Is this a
>> reported bug? If not, against what component do I report it?
>> --
>>      
> If I run 'curl' on the URL for the rawhide mirror list from
> /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo, I get:
>
> [root@tlondon ~]# curl
> 'https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rawhide-debug&arch=$basearch'
> curl: (60) Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with known CA certificates
> More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html
>
> curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
>   of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default
>   bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file
>   using the --cacert option.
> If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
>   the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
>   problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
>   not match the domain name in the URL).
> If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
>   the -k (or --insecure) option.
> [root@tlondon ~]#
>
> tom
>    
I fear this is a misunderstanding; sorry if I wasn't clear enough : the 
error I get refers to user credentials, as in I should've have been 
asked for the root password in order to apply the changes (install 
software).
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