Here is a weird example of how Fedora currenty handles some permission procedures. I created a standard user account (no admin rights) and I'm trying to install a package. When I press apply I'm prompted to enter a password. Since I have no admin rights I would expect to be asked for the root password. Instead of that I'm asked to enter a password of another user who happens to be in the administrative group!<br>
<br>See the screenshot as a proof:<br><a href="http://s.autoverse.net/yYi6AF">http://s.autoverse.net/yYi6AF</a><br>See on the top right corner that I'm logged in with another account.<br><br>So in the UX level we have actually disabled the root account (I can remember when was the last time I was prompted to enter it) thus we keep asking for a root password during installation that's ends up confusing people about its purpose.<br>
<br><br>PS. an interesting question: if I had two users on my system belonging to the administrative group. which one's password I'll be prompted to enter when I'm logged with a standard user account, like the example above.<br>