Re: red-carpet doesn't ask for root password

On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 01:18, RobMann wrote:
> I am running red-carpet 2.0.1 with XD2 on RedHat9.
> When I start up red carpet from the System > Software Update menu
> item, it does not ask for the root password. 

that should not happen, is not taking cached credentials?
> Red carpet launches and shows me the system status (up to date or
> requiring updates), however as non-root, it won't let me select any
> packages to install/uninstall.
this is the right behivoir, u cannot modify system's software if u don't
have permissions to

> The only way I can use red carpet normally is to run red-carpet from a
> shell as root. 

i shouls also point out that u can create RC user with different
permissions, so that u don't have to run RC as root.

cheers


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Arturo Martínez <[email protected]>
Ximian.Inc.

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