Bug 71031 - pam timestamp dialog box needs rewording
Summary: pam timestamp dialog box needs rewording
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: usermode
Version: limbo
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: Jay Turner
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 67218
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-08-07 23:13 UTC by Tammy Fox
Modified: 2015-01-07 23:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2002-08-14 03:08:59 UTC
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Description Tammy Fox 2002-08-07 23:13:23 UTC
When I click on the unlocked lock panel icon to enter my
root password and remember authentication, it say
"Launch system-wide configuration tools without login."

The wording is misleading. You have to be logged in, but
you don't have to enter your root password over and over
again. It should say:

"Remember root authentication for system-wide configuration tools."

or something similar.

Ideally, it would also allow you to specify how long to remember authentication.

Also, the prompt should say "Enter root password:" instead of "Password for root."

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-10 20:12:08 UTC
jrb - isn't this fixed now?  (I think it was based on what I saw when you were
working on this the other night)

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2002-08-13 02:48:29 UTC
The current text is "Launch system-wide configuration tools without a
password.", mostly due lack of better ideas.  Alternate text would be gladly
accepted, subject to time constraints (for translation).

Comment 3 Tammy Fox 2002-08-13 15:02:26 UTC
I have pam-0.75-40 and usermode-1.58-2, but the text says
"Launch system-wide configuration tools without login."

"without a password" is more correct.

"Password for root" still needs to be changed to "Enter root password:"

Comment 4 Nalin Dahyabhai 2002-08-14 02:55:55 UTC
Please try 1.59-1, where we've nuked that portion of pam-panel-icon from orbit.

Comment 5 Tammy Fox 2002-08-14 03:07:58 UTC
Yep, clicking on the unlocked icon does nothing now.

Comment 6 Tammy Fox 2002-08-14 03:08:55 UTC
The component should be usermode.

Comment 7 Nalin Dahyabhai 2002-08-14 20:36:00 UTC
Excellent.  Closing.


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