Add/Remove Software error

[bruce]

if you're root...

perhaps it has something to do with your selinux/permissions access??

don't quote me on this..



On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Germán A. Racca
<german.racca at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> I have a PC with Fedora 12 x86_64 and Gnome desktop, and when I want to
> install a program, I go to System -> Administration -> Add/Remove
> Software, then I select the package, and finally it asks me for the root
> password.
>
> But in my notebook, with Fedora 12 i686 and Gnome desktop, the same
> procedure as above doesn't ask me for the root password, but rather I
> get the error:
>
> "Authorization failed
> You have failed to provide correct authentication
> Please check any passwords or account settings."
>
> What happened? I'm missing some configuration steps?
>
> Regards,
> Germán
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