Description of problem: It's not a good approach to let system config tool runn under superuser account - it's a security risk. Instead each tools which needs users privileges should be divided to two parts - one which serves as privileged backend running on demand and user interface that can ask for privileged action over message bus (and ask password if needed). Once action is approved by PolicyKit, it can be processed. Every tool should be ported to use PolicyKit. How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce Actual results: System config tool has to be run under superuser account. Expected results System config tool is not runned under superuser account and asks for privileged access. Additional info Look at https://fedorahosted.org/python-slip/
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Fixed in system-config-language-2.1.0-1.fc21
system-config-language-2.2.0-2.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/system-config-language-2.2.0-2.fc20
Package system-config-language-2.2.0-2.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing system-config-language-2.2.0-2.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-7516/system-config-language-2.2.0-2.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Tested with system-config-language-2.2.0-3.fc20 ,as the system-config-language-2.2.0-2.fc20 crashes all the time No GUI appears after the privileged access,only the following message No protocol specified ** (system-config-language.py:2450): WARNING **: Could not open X display No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused (system-config-language.py:2450): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
I am not able to reproduce above messages in GUI execution of system-config-language from gnome-terminal.
system-config-language-2.2.0-3.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.