Bug 543094 (Add, Software) - Add/Remove Software not escalating privileges
Summary: Add/Remove Software not escalating privileges
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: Add, Software
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-packagekit
Version: 12
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Richard Hughes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-12-01 17:08 UTC by James Skidmore
Modified: 2013-05-01 11:53 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: lutok-0.1-2.fc16
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-12-02 12:45:39 UTC
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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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