Bug 166807

Summary: redhat-config-xfree86 ---noui prompts for root password in a GUI popup box
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: David Meleedy <david.meleedy>
Component: redhat-config-xfree86Assignee: Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann>
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Description David Meleedy 2005-08-25 22:24:22 UTC
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Description of problem:
redhat-config-xfree86 --noui
run as a non-root user, pops up a GUI box 

Query
"You are attempting to run "redhat-config-xfree86" which requires administrative privileges, but more information is needed in order to do so."



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-config-xfree86-0.7.7-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run redhat-config-xfree86 --noui as a non-root user


Actual Results:  Pops up a GUI asking for a root password.

Expected Results:  A tty query for the a root password would have been appropriate.

Additional info:

Comment 1 David Meleedy 2005-10-06 20:32:35 UTC
setting the DISPLAY variable to a blank string seems to fix this problem.

export DISPLAY=
redhat-config-xfree86 --noui