Add/Remove Software error

[Germán A. Racca]

On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 12:59 -0800, bruce wrote: 
> if you're root...
> 
> perhaps it has something to do with your selinux/permissions access??
> 
> don't quote me on this..

I'm running Add/Remove Software as a normal user, not as root. I've
disabled Selinux. Does it happen to anyone else???

Germán.

> 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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