Bug 543094 (Add, Software)

Summary:	Add/Remove Software not escalating privileges
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	James Skidmore <dfwlinuxguy>
Component:	gnome-packagekit	Assignee:	Richard Hughes <richard>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	12	CC:	drivers_updates, financialsoftwareandsystems, richard, wtogami
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Hardware:	x86_64
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Fixed In Version:	lutok-0.1-2.fc16	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description James Skidmore 2009-12-01 17:08:34 UTC

Description of problem:

When starting Add/Remove Programs from the gnome menu, changes are not
allowed because user privileges are not escalated.


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


How reproducible:

Click System->Administration->Add/Remove Software
Search for package to be installed.
Select package to install.
Click Apply


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click System->Administration->Add/Remove Software
2.Search for package to be installed.
3.Select package to install.
4.Click Apply
  
Actual results:

Permission Denied

Expected results:

Prompt for root password. Install selected software.


Additional info:

Updated Fedora 12.
Running LTSP.
Results from thinclient desktop. Have not tried from the actual server.

Comment 1 James Skidmore 2009-12-02 12:45:39 UTC

Evidently this is not a bug. Using information from 

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543085

I was able to resolve this issue. Thank you.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-10-16 18:43:02 UTC

highlight-3.6-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/highlight-3.6-1.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-05-06 22:01:10 UTC

lutok-0.1-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lutok-0.1-2.fc16

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-05-18 10:23:28 UTC

lutok-0.1-2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-10-06 13:13:52 UTC

sugar-toolkit-0.97.1-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/sugar-toolkit-0.97.1-2.fc18

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-05-01 11:53:44 UTC

colorhug-client-0.2.0-1.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/colorhug-client-0.2.0-1.fc19

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