%% Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: aw> I just switched from RedHat9/GNOME 2.2 -> Gentoo 1.4/GNOME 2.4. aw> On my RH system, whenever I tried to run and programs that aw> required root priviledges, it popped up a password dialog. Now it aw> doesn't. Do I need to install a seperate package to get that or aw> was that a RH-only thing? That particular thing was Red Hat only. It uses PAM, etc. and is kind of complex to set up yourself (although all the components _are_ GPL'd). You can also install gksu which gives you something similar for vanilla Gnome. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <psmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
