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

in fact i took a look and i could not reproduce what u saw.
using : red-carpet-2.0.1-0.ximian.6.1.1 and rcd-1.4.3-0.ximian.6.1
those are available in the "redcarpet" channel

On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 11:03, Arturo Martínez wrote:
> 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
-- 
Arturo Martínez <[email protected]>
Ximian.Inc.

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