Description of Problem: When logging in as a 'normal' user (i.e. NOT root), the applications which are only executable by root (for example, printer configuration) are still visible within the menus but not actually accessible. In 7.2 (Enigma), if a normal user tried to access these programs, a dialog box would pop-up, prompting for roots password. This does not happen in skipjack-beta1. For a brief moment, a dialog box flashes on the screen but then disappears (on my system I get to see the outline of a box before its gone). As a consequence, I end up examining the icons properties to determine which executable was being accessed, then I bring up a terminal window, SU to root and execute the file directly. I have had this happen on two successive fresh installations. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Skipjack-beta1. How Reproducible: Happens all the time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to execute an application requiring root privilage as a normal user. 2. 3. Actual Results: A dialog box (of unknown content) flashes for a moment on the screen. The intended application fails to launch. Expected Results: A prompt for roots password followed by the launch of the application is successful. Additional Information: AMD Duron 1.0 Ghz, 256MB RAM, Nvidia2 Generic card, no other OS on this machine.
Presumably a usermode problem, but very important to fix
*** Bug 61909 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is probably the "usermode-gtk doesn't depend on pygtk2 or pygtk2-libglade" bug ... also some people have reported not getting usermode-gtk installed at all.
In Skipjack, usermode-gtk wasn't listed in the right parts of the comps file, and wasn't being installed. This is fixed in the development tree (all installations with X, save for the "Classic X" package set, include usermode-gtk now). Marking as fixed in Raw Hide due to a lack of a "fixed in development tree" resolution.