Server Tools Don't Prompt for Root Password

[Randy Chrismon]

Sharon Kimble wrote:

>Randy Chrismon wrote:
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>>Sorry, should have been clearer. The System Tools are the ones off the
>>KDE or Gnome menu -- you know, clicking on the Red Hat button. Included
>>are the Network Device Control, Printing Configuration, things like
>>that. Of course, I can start  many of them by going to su and typing the
>>command at the shell prompt but it was far more convenient to click on
>>the menu item and be prompted for the su password.
>>Thanks.
>>Randy
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>Network Device Control from the 'System Tools' menu does not ask for the
>password, so you're essentially loading it just as a user, whereas if you
>go to 'System Settings' and load 'Network' then it asks for the password
>and you can use it as root.
>
>Sharon.
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You are right and I specified the wrong thing. Let me put it this way: 
any administrative tool off the task bar menu that would require the 
root user used to prompt for the root user password. Now they only throw 
up a message box saying insufficient rights. This behavior just happened 
one day and _may_ have resulted from something an apt-get dist-upgrade 
did.  I have been totally unable to find anything in message archives or 
documentation that addresses this. Finally, I have a _very_ vauge 
recollection from about a bazillion years ago that there is a 
configuration file, somewhere, that listed applications that should 
prompt for the root password - this is something different than 
execution privileges file rights. I may be dreaming about this 
configuration file since I can't find anything about it, either. In any 
event, I want the "old" behavior where my administrative tools prompted 
me for the root password.
I very much appreciate the feedback.
Randy