Torvalds:requiring root password for mundane things is moronic

[Scott Doty]

On 02/29/2012 08:46 AM, David Malcolm wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 07:02 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
>> I think he's got a point
>>
>> http://www.osnews.com/story/25659/Torvalds_requiring_root_password_for_mundane_things_is_quot_moronic_quot_
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePolicyKit
> in Fedora 8 onwards, 
>
> It was revamped in Fedora 12:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PolicyKitOne
>
>
And (on Fedora 16), it still asks for the root password to add a printer.

   http://ponzo.net/PolKit-printer/

 -Scott