Description of problem: The root user generally works by logging as ordinary user. In cases of need the root user does a "su root" or enters the root password when asked by gui tool system-config-network and carries out necessary configuration changes. Most of the time the system does not respond when the root user tries to use the graphical gui tool system-config-network. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-9-Beta-i386 How reproducible: Log in as root and run the gui tool system-config-network from applications Steps to Reproduce: 1.Log in as ordinary uses 2.Go to applications > network. 3.Press enter 4.If no response for about 20 seconds log out and re-login again as non root user and repeat steps 2 and 3 5. If no response try step 4 once again. 6. After two /three/four trials the system asks to enter root password. 7. Now necessary changes can be made. Actual results: Most of the times no response. Expected results: The system should have asked the non root user to enter root password on the first time itself since he does not has the required privilages. Additional info: Full system profile is at http://www/smolt.org/show?/uuid=pub_85955a62-7804- 46c3-9010-eb5cf098549a. No such problem was seen in F7 where every time the graphical GUI tools system- config-network was invoked by not root user, the system used to ask for root password. Once root password was entered necessary changes could be made.
Since this is reported as a bug in the beta version which is several weeks old, could you 'yum update' to the latest packages and try this scenario again to see if it still exists? There may have been some previous issues, now resolved, that were affecting this. Thanks for your help.
OK, I will yum update system-config-network and find out if the problem exixts or not. I will post the results tomorrow.
I have yum updated system-config-network and now the problem does not exist. Thanks for your help.