Re: How to administer Fedora via VNC connection

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX]

>  Subject: Re: How to administer Fedora via VNC connection To: For 
>  testers of Fedora Core development releases 
>  <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com&gt; Message-ID: 
>  <1245099044.24230.5.camel@phemon> Content-Type: text/plain On Fri, 
>  2009-06-12 at 10:04 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> > >  I have two VNC sessions set up - one for my caf
> > >  account and one for root, both passworded of
> > >  course.
> > >  
> > >  Unfortunately somtthing in Fedora prevents me
> > >  from doing system mx tasks such as add/remove
> > >  software and getting disk drive health reports.
> > >  
> > >  How can I enable effective system admin via VNC,
> > >  at least on my local subnet?  I want to do most
> > >  of my system admin tasks from my comfortable office,
> > >  not the cold dark noisy basement where the Fedora
> > >  server sits.
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  -- 
> > >  Chuck Forsbergcaf(a)omen.com    www.omen.com    503-614-0430
> > >  Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
> > >      Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
> > >  10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   FAX [phone]
> > >  
> >      
>
>  This is due to default PolicyKit settings that do not allow you to do
>  certain things when logged in remotely. You can change the policy in
>  System ->  Preferences ->  Authorizations - of course, you have to do it
>  when logged in locally.
>
>
>      
I added a policykit auth for remote root access.
The add/remove software behaviour is unchanged-
clicking apply causes dependencies to be resolved
but doesn't bother to install anything.

-- 
Chuck Forsberg    caf(a)omen.com   www.omen.com   503-614-0430
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
   Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   FAX [phone]

How to administer Fedora via VNC connection

[Kevin Kofler]

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>  I added a policykit auth for remote root access.
>  The add/remove software behaviour is unchanged-
>  clicking apply causes dependencies to be resolved
>  but doesn't bother to install anything. 
PolicyKit doesn't allow root to authenticate.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447266

        Kevin Kofler