On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 02:36 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2012-02-29 00:36, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > > > Oh, I get the part about the clock. However, I am not suggesting the > > user shall change time or date, I am focusing on timezone here. If > > this requires the same set of privileges, the security design may be > > in need to some love and care. > > I don't see what problem there could be about changing one's timezone. In > the CLI you can do that as user, because you are not changing the system > clock. It is just your own environment variables, you can change any. > > If gnome doesn't allow it, then it is indeed a bug. >
In the UI, the process is as follows: 1. Click on the clock in the top bar 2. Click on "Date and Time Settings". This will open up the same module that is found in System Settings > System > Date and Time. 3. Options for changing timezone, date, time are greyed out. Option for showing 24-hour or 12-hour clock is not greyed out. 4. Click the Unlock button and enter your system administrator password. 5. Now you may make your changes. Step 4 is the contention here. If this can be divided so that timezone can be user-changed and time/date requires password as Gerald was saying, that would make good sense, IMO. And I join in, as a user, with Gerald in supporting the request to adjust these user experiences. I should also point out that in the original G+ post by Linus, he ssys he had isues with requiring admin access to connect to a wifi network and that it was subsequently resolved at some point. I'm on 12.1 and I'm still getting those admin password requests when attempting to connect to a new wifi network. I'm unsure if this really was resolved anywhere since its the same experience for me as all along. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscr...@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+ow...@opensuse.org
