Torvalds:requiring root password for mundane things is moronic

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 02/29/2012 04:03 PM, Scott Doty wrote:
> 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
> 
I believe Fedora 17 has an add user to admin group checkbox when
adding the initial user, not sure if it is checked on or off by default.


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