Bug 12722

Summary:	Update notyfier, does not accept root password in LXDE
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Michael Engel <michael-engel>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	sysadmin-bugs
Version:	4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
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Description Michael Engel 2014-02-11 13:40:18 CET

Description of problem:

The update notyfier, does not accept the root password in LXDE.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Click on the notyfier icon in the panel.
2. The window which asks for the authentication opens.
3. But it report a railure for the right root password

There is no problem using the MCC updating the system. MCC accepts the root password without any problems


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2014-02-11 16:52:06 CET

Isn't it the password users which is needed ?

Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages

Comment 2 Michael Engel 2014-02-11 17:32:44 CET

(In reply to Manuel Hiebel from comment #1)
> Isn't it the password users which is needed ?

I will try it next time the notyfier appears.

Normally my favorite distros are Centos, Fedora, and Debian, they all require the root password for updates, for this is a root task.

Ubuntu and ubuntu-based systems require the user password, for they have abolished root principle. One reason why I do not use those distros

So I hope it is not the user password in Mageia ;)

Comment 3 David Walser 2014-02-11 19:18:44 CET

Traditionally on Mageia it's the user password by default, but configurable through draksec to change this.  It *should* still be the case on Mageia 4.

Comment 4 Michael Engel 2014-02-12 14:25:01 CET

(In reply to David Walser from comment #3)
> Traditionally on Mageia it's the user password by default, but configurable
> through draksec to change this.  It *should* still be the case on Mageia 4.

It really is, tried it out yesterday.

But IMHO updating a system should require root privilegies. So I recommend by default for updates should root password be required, and if necessary change it in draksec

Can be closed

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED