Description of problem: If root try to manage printers, application crash on final phase or show "permission deny" message. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-printer-1.1.7-4.fc11.i586 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. open terminal (I use konsole under KDE) 2. su - 3. system-config-printer 4. add new printer 5. confirm changing Actual results: Caught fatal exception. Traceback: File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 6501, in on_btnNPApply_clicked device=uri, info=info, location=location) File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/authconn.py", line 183, in <lambda> return lambda *args, **kwds: self._authloop (fname, fn, *args, **kwds) File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/authconn.py", line 198, in _authloop result = fn.__call__ (*args, **kwds) File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/cupspk.py", line 486, in addPrinter *args, **kwds) File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/cupspk.py", line 230, in _call_with_pk_and_fallback debugprint ('PolicyKit call to %s did not work: %s' % NameError: global name 'debugprint' is not defined Exiting Expected results: All changes are commited. New printer is available for use. Additional info: user can manage printers by system-config-printer.
There are two problems here: 1. The traceback, which occurs when authentication fails. This is fixed in the system-config-printer package available in updates-testing and is tracked by bug #496722. 2. PolicyKit denies operations when requested by root. This is a PolicyKit issue and is tracked by bug #447266. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 447266 ***