Daniel J Walsh wrote:
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On 02/29/2012 04:03 PM, Scott Doty wrote:
> On 02/29/2012 08:46 AM, David Malcolm wrote:
>> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 07:02 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
>>> I think he's got a point
>>>
>>>
http://www.osnews.com/story/25659/Torvalds_requiring_root_password_for_mu...
>>
>>
>>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePolicyKit
>> in Fedora 8 onwards,
>>
>> It was revamped in Fedora 12:
>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PolicyKitOne
>>
>>
> And (on Fedora 16), it still asks for the root password to add a
> printer.
>
>
http://ponzo.net/PolKit-printer/
>
> -Scott
>
I believe Fedora 17 has an add user to admin group checkbox when
adding the initial user, not sure if it is checked on or off by default.
Actually, FC16 has this feature (and I use it). But this is sometimes even more
confusing. Does that dialog want my password, or root pw? Some dialogs do
clearly say, some don't.