Bug 135001

Summary:	Authenticate user before allowing system configuration changes?
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Adam Bowns <adam>
Component:	kudzu	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Adam Bowns 2004-10-07 21:03:29 UTC

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Description of problem:
I'm no expert on this matter so please excuse me if I'm wrong.

When you boot up and kudzu detects new, missing or changed hardware it
immediately enters a dialogue with whoever may be sat at the computer,
asking them if they want to add, remove or ignore configuration
information for that device. Shouldn't there be a password prompt
before this dialogue to prevent non root users from changing system
configuration?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kudzu-1.1.68.2-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Plug some new hardware in and reboot.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-07 21:07:59 UTC

If you're in front of the computer, you can already get root.