Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Samuel Winchenbach wrote: > Well it turns out I didn't test all of the applications using x2go, only > the one that didn't work (Firewall). All of the others seem to work fine. > Perhaps I will suggest x2go, but I am still quite aggravated I can't > figure out t

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Samuel Winchenbach
Well it turns out I didn't test all of the applications using x2go, only the one that didn't work (Firewall). All of the others seem to work fine. Perhaps I will suggest x2go, but I am still quite aggravated I can't figure out the xrdp problem :P On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Les Mikesel

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Samuel Winchenbach wrote: > Well the slow dialog isn't the problem so much. > > I have disabled selinux just to remove one variable from the problem! > > Here are a list of applications and if they prompt for the root password > correctly: > "Add/Remove Software"

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Samuel Winchenbach
I just tried x2go - Same problems. On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Samuel Winchenbach wrote: > Well the slow dialog isn't the problem so much. > > I have disabled selinux just to remove one variable from the problem! > > Here are a list of applications and if they prompt for the root password

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Samuel Winchenbach
Well the slow dialog isn't the problem so much. I have disabled selinux just to remove one variable from the problem! Here are a list of applications and if they prompt for the root password correctly: "Add/Remove Software" - Application start fine, but when I click apply I get "Authorization Fa

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Samuel Winchenbach wrote: > > The "several minutes" to open a window is not a rendering issue. The user > experience overall is _very_ good. As I use it more and more I can not > seem to recreate the delayed root prompt. > > We have used freenx in the past, but w

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-17 Thread Samuel Winchenbach
Hi Les, The "several minutes" to open a window is not a rendering issue. The user experience overall is _very_ good. As I use it more and more I can not seem to recreate the delayed root prompt. We have used freenx in the past, but with the change of licensing in the newest release and several

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-14 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Samuel Winchenbach wrote: > Hi Mike, thanks for the response. > > Unfortunately this image is: > A) Aimed at those with very little Linux knowledge > B) Required to be accessible from multiple OSes with minimal client > installation. > > Really I would like to eit

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-14 Thread Samuel Winchenbach
Hi Mike, thanks for the response. Unfortunately this image is: A) Aimed at those with very little Linux knowledge B) Required to be accessible from multiple OSes with minimal client installation. Really I would like to either track down why the consolehelper/PAM authentication does not work over

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-14 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 03/12/2014 03:18 PM, Samuel Winchenbach wrote: > > I have tried disabling selinux, modifying the startwm.sh script included > with xrdp to launch the session with "ck-launch-session gnome-session". > > Neither seem to help. > > > Does anyone have any idea what might be going, or an explanation o

Re: [CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-13 Thread Mike Burger
> Hi All, > > I have created a CentOS 6.5 OpenStack image using kickstart. I have > noticed that when connecting directly to the Virtual Machine's console > (think connecting directly to the physical machine) all of the > system-config, firewall configuration, application update and install GUI >

[CentOS] How do graphical admin tools requiring root get authentication?

2014-03-12 Thread Samuel Winchenbach
Hi All, I have created a CentOS 6.5 OpenStack image using kickstart. I have noticed that when connecting directly to the Virtual Machine's console (think connecting directly to the physical machine) all of the system-config, firewall configuration, application update and install GUI applications