F-11: system-config-printer --> windows printer --> "You are not authorized to carry out the requested action"

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 08/08/2009 07:52 AM, Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) wrote:
> On 08/08/09 12:53, Gregory Hosler wrote:
>> Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) wrote:
>>> On 08/08/09 12:37, Gregory Hosler wrote:
>
>> The printer is attached to a windows box. At the time of running system-config-printer,
>> the windows box is on.
>>
>> This used to work just fine on F-10 and earlier...

I hit this one recently, when I tried to launch s-c-p with sudo from the 
command line, you have to run it as your normal user and let PolicyKit 
prompt you for root when it needs it.

~spot