Torvalds:requiring root password for mundane things is moronic

[Camilo Mesias]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Giovanni Campagna
<scampa.giovanni at gmail.com> wrote:
> Il 29 febbraio 2012 13:02, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>> I think he's got a point
>>
>> http://www.osnews.com/story/25659/Torvalds_requiring_root_password_for_mundane_things_is_quot_moronic_quot_
>
> FWIW, date/time and network require no authentication (including
> system-wide things like NTP). Managing printers requires unlock, but
> printing, installing a new local printer or connecting to mdns / cups
> browsing network printers does not.

I think, last time I did this I had to perform several actions as root
- one was firewall related, I also had to install some packages that
weren't available by default and configure / discover the network
printer. Maybe I will take notes next time and enter a bug, although
to be honest I would not expect the sophistication of elegant UI that
Torvalds seems to, from Fedora (I have entered bugs on similar niggles
in audio config, network manager, gdm etc.).

-Cam