On Thursday 27 June 2013 16:29:22 Martin Kho wrote:
On Thursday 27 June 2013 07:52:26 Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 06/27/2013 07:49 AM, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > On 06/27/2013 07:07 AM, Martin Kho wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> In Fedora 19 RC2 I installed the rekonq browser using apper. Is it a
> >> new
> >> default that I can do this as a normal user (not being root or user
> >> with
> >> admin permissions)?
> >
> >
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-11181/PackageKit-0.8
> > .9
> > -5.fc19 claims that was fixed.
>
> The policy is outlined here,
>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975214
> (from:
https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1115#comment:20 )
>
> It would appear that local admin users should be able to do what you
> describe.
Hi Rex,
Thanks for your answer. I see:
"* With the update, an admin user can 'pkcon install' a package without
authentication (though it may have been cached from the 'pkcon remove')."
So yes, it seems that an admin user can install everything without entering
his/her password.
PackageKit-0.8.9-6.fc19.x86_64 (in the Live KDE
Hi again,
I suppose, this rule is of interest:
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.packagekit.rules
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.packagekit.package-install" &&
subject.active == true && subject.local == true &&
subject.isInGroup("wheel")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
Martin Kho
Martin Kho
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