Torvalds:requiring root password for mundane things is moronic

[Neal Becker]

Daniel J Walsh wrote:

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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
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http://www.osnews.com/story/25659/Torvalds_requiring_root_password_for_mundane_things_is_quot_moronic_quot_
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> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePolicyKit
>>> in Fedora 8 onwards,
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>>> It was revamped in Fedora 12:
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PolicyKitOne
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>> And (on Fedora 16), it still asks for the root password to add a
>> printer.
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>> http://ponzo.net/PolKit-printer/
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>> -Scott
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> 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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Actually, FC16 has this feature (and I use it).  But this is sometimes even more 
confusing.  Does that dialog want my password, or root pw?  Some dialogs do 
clearly say, some don't.