Hi, regarding this problem (polkit asks you for the password of
another user), I have filled this bug report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799480
I have hit this problem myself in several computers.
Regards, Sergio
2012/3/2 Greg Swift <xaeth(a)fedoraproject.org>:
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:36, Nikos Roussos
<nikos(a)autoverse.net> wrote:
>
> Here is a weird example of how Fedora currenty handles some permission
> procedures. I created a standard user account (no admin rights) and I'm
> trying to install a package. When I press apply I'm prompted to enter a
> password. Since I have no admin rights I would expect to be asked for the
> root password. Instead of that I'm asked to enter a password of another user
> who happens to be in the administrative group!
>
> See the screenshot as a proof:
>
http://s.autoverse.net/yYi6AF
> See on the top right corner that I'm logged in with another account.
>
> So in the UX level we have actually disabled the root account (I can
> remember when was the last time I was prompted to enter it) thus we keep
> asking for a root password during installation that's ends up confusing
> people about its purpose.
>
>
> PS. an interesting question: if I had two users on my system belonging to
> the administrative group. which one's password I'll be prompted to enter
> when I'm logged with a standard user account, like the example above.
>
I experience a similar scenario. On my home system (f16) I have my wife and
both in the wheel group. Every time I go to run virt-manager I get prompted
for her password. I do believe she is first in the wheel group after root
in /etc/group. However this doesn't make any sense to me. It makes more
sense for users that need that level of access to all know the root password
rather than the users to know another user's password. Even then, if I am
in the same group, doesn't it make more since to either prompt for my own
password or just allow me? We know each others password so i've always
shrugged it off cause I'm looking at other issues the few times when I am
playing with the virtuals at home but since someone brought it up...
-greg
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