Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by cables, not wireless.)
I didn't authorize it, and shut the laptop down.
Is there something I should do next??
On 31 Dec 2023, at 18:00, Beartooth Beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by cables, not wireless.)
What form did this request take? Did you save a screen shot or terminal output showing this request?
I think rfkill also handles bluetooth.
Barry
I didn't authorize it, and shut the laptop down.
Is there something I should do next??
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:28:31 +0000, Barry wrote:
On 31 Dec 2023, at 18:00, Beartooth Beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by cables, not wireless.)
What form did this request take?
It was in a small pop-up window.
Did you save a screen shot or terminal output showing this request?
It disappeared the minute I got back to it from looking up rfkill.
I think rfkill also handles bluetooth.
I don't do bluetooth. I think I have it, but I'm not even sure what it is.
On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 4:12 PM Beartooth Beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
I don't do bluetooth. I think I have it, but I'm not even surewhat it is.
Bluetooth (BT) is a low-power, short range wireless protocol. It is often
used with smartphones, keyboards, mice, headsets, and TV remotes (replacing IR).
After the puppy chewed up my BT ear buds, I haven't used it regularly, but some financial institutions expect me to use a smartphone as a "what you have factor" for authentication. Previously I had to use a landline and wait in a queue to speak to an agent, now I can use a web browser and avoid the long wait for the agent "Next".
The new system uses BT to ensure that the phone is close to the PC. If I leave my phone in another room, it won't allow me to login until I bring the phone closer to the PC. I'm able to login using Fedora Firefox, so a big step forward over apps that only work with Windows. My other banks have been "evaluating" two-factor authentication while reducing call-centre staff and closing branches, so I use of BT may become the norm.
Laptops usually have some "airplane mode" key combination to disable both wifi and BT.
On 12/31/23 13:00, Beartooth wrote:
Updating F39 just now on a laptop, I got a request for root to authorize rfkill. I had just also updated F39 on a PC, with no such request. (Both machines are connected to a KVM switch and a router by cables, not wireless.)
I didn't authorize it, and shut the laptop down.
Is there something I should do next??
Since it is a laptop the hardware usually has a wifi module builtin which would be recognized by the install and the drivers and support software installed eventhough you weren't using that feature. The desktop program you use should have an information program that will give you your hardware details.
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