Why won't system settings allow me to change time zones? It says 'You will be asked to authenticate', but it doesn't let me. The apply button is greyed out.
On Monday 05 April 2010 16:25:05 Neal Becker wrote:
Why won't system settings allow me to change time zones? It says 'You will be asked to authenticate', but it doesn't let me. The apply button is greyed out.
You need to be root to do this. Launch systemsettings from a root console and you will find it works.
Anne
On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 16:39 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Monday 05 April 2010 16:25:05 Neal Becker wrote:
Why won't system settings allow me to change time zones? It says 'You will be asked to authenticate', but it doesn't let me. The apply button is greyed out.
You need to be root to do this. Launch systemsettings from a root console and you will find it works.
This seems broken to me. Why doesn't systemsettings just ask for the root password, as happens elsewhere in Fedora?
poc
On 04/05/2010 01:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 16:39 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
You need to be root to do this. Launch systemsettings from a root console and you will find it works.
This seems broken to me. Why doesn't systemsettings just ask for the root password, as happens elsewhere in Fedora?
Lack of policykit integration I believe.
Orion Poplawski wrote:
On 04/05/2010 01:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
root password, as happens elsewhere in Fedora?
Lack of policykit integration I believe.
PolicyKit 1 integration is supposed to be fully working. If it doesn't work, it's a serious bug.
Kevin Kofler
Hi,
I doubt it's an authentication problem. When I enable "Set Date and Time Automatically" (on tab Date and Time) the Apply button is activated. Pressing the button causes the authentication dialog to pop up. But when I go to the tab Time Zone (Apply-button is grey) and choose a zone, the button is never activated. So the Auth pop up will never appear :-)
Martin Kho
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On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 00:22 +0200, Martin Kho wrote:
Orion Poplawski wrote:
On 04/05/2010 01:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
root password, as happens elsewhere in Fedora?
Lack of policykit integration I believe.
PolicyKit 1 integration is supposed to be fully working. If it doesn't work, it's a serious bug.
Kevin KoflerHi,
I doubt it's an authentication problem. When I enable "Set Date and Time Automatically" (on tab Date and Time) the Apply button is activated. Pressing the button causes the authentication dialog to pop up. But when I go to the tab Time Zone (Apply-button is grey) and choose a zone, the button is never activated. So the Auth pop up will never appear :-)
On testing it, I can confirm that this is what exactly happens on my system. (My earlier reply was an off-the-cuff comment based on what another poster said happened, not what I'd seen myself.)
poc
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Monday 05 April 2010 16:25:05 Neal Becker wrote:
Why won't system settings allow me to change time zones? It says 'You will be asked to authenticate', but it doesn't let me. The apply button is greyed out.
You need to be root to do this. Launch systemsettings from a root console and you will find it works.
Uh no. If that's the case, it's a bug and urgently needs fixing!
What is supposed to happen is that you get prompted for the root password by KAuth / PolicyKit 1.
Kevin Kofler
On Monday 05 April 2010 05:25:05 pm Neal Becker wrote:
Why won't system settings allow me to change time zones? It says 'You will be asked to authenticate', but it doesn't let me. The apply button is greyed out.
This is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233100.
I'll take a look but I'm not very familiar with new Date/Time codebase.
Jaroslav
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