Re: "Authentication Required" dialog box

Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 2026-06-10 at 18:03 -0400, Ranbir wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-06-10 at 22:07 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Is your userID in the wheel group?
> > 
> > Does /etc/sudoers have these settings:
> >    ## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
> >    ## %wheel       ALL=(ALL)       ALL
> >    
> >    ## Same thing without a password
> >    %wheel  ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
> 
> My workstation is enrolled into AlmaLinux 9 IdM and it has a trust
> with AD. I'm logged in with my trusted account (i.e. AD user). My
> sudo privileges are managed in IdM, so it's not in the local wheel
> group.

I've no idea what IdM is, but I'd wonder what AD (Active Directory?)
has to do with local Linux privileges. Surely it's for accessing
network resources?

I don't use any of that stuff, but I can run "sudo dnf ..." (or in fact
"sudo <anything> "and never get asked for a password.

poc
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