Re: s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?

2009-06-24 Thread Kevin Kofler
John Austin wrote: > cat /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf > > > > > Hmmm, does this also bypass the authentication failure with the unpatched PolicyKit? If so, I guess that (minus your "|ja" hack ;-) ) is the better workaround to suggest to users: no patch needed, and no

Re: s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?

2009-06-18 Thread John Austin
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:05 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 18:24 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > > I run system-config-printer as root, and it either hangs > > forever or tells me I'm not authorized when I want to do > > something like change printer default options. > > This is due t

Re: s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?

2009-06-18 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 18:24 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > I run system-config-printer as root, and it either hangs > forever or tells me I'm not authorized when I want to do > something like change printer default options. This is due to PolicyKit: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447266

Re: Other annoyances [was Re: s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?]

2009-06-17 Thread Kam Leo
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:05:40 -0800 > Kam Leo wrote: > >> F11 is full of new annoyances. Have you checked the firewall settings >> since you installed F11? > > Among the things in my checklist for new installs is completely > disabling the firewa

Other annoyances [was Re: s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?]

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:05:40 -0800 Kam Leo wrote: > F11 is full of new annoyances. Have you checked the firewall settings > since you installed F11? Among the things in my checklist for new installs is completely disabling the firewalls to start with (I am behind another firewall with no open por

Re: s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?

2009-06-17 Thread Kam Leo
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > I run system-config-printer as root, and it either hangs > forever or tells me I'm not authorized when I want to do > something like change printer default options. > > I run system-config-printer as normal user and it asks > me to give the root

s-c-p: stupid app or PolicyKit annoyance?

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Horsley
I run system-config-printer as root, and it either hangs forever or tells me I'm not authorized when I want to do something like change printer default options. I run system-config-printer as normal user and it asks me to give the root password every few seconds (for example, try deleting a printe