On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 12:50 -0400, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > On 06/13/2012 02:44 PM, > valent.turko...@gmail.com<mailto:valent.turko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when > accessing printer settings? > > Is there some user group I need to be part of? Do I need to edit some > system files? Are there some PolicyKit options that need to be edited? > How? > > Here are screenshots for printer dialog and user account: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/184632/printer-root.png > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/184632/user-valent.png > > If you know how please share how you managed to do it, because it is > driving me nuts, if I'm not mistaken this is the same issue that Linus > Torvalds vented regarding same issue on OpenSuse - > https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 > > Thanks in advance, > Valent. > > > > Quite simply. if more than one user is using the said computer then > determining who has access > to what resources may be important, and printers are considered a resource. I > can understand your > frustration, but if other people with access to your computer with another > account use your printer > resources without permission I suspect you'd eventually get annoyed. It > amounts to be careful what > you wish for. > > Regards > > cpp4ever >
When you set up Fedora, if you go through the firstboot procedure, you are prompted to create a user. In recent versions, there is an option to make that user an "administrator". In that case, the user is made a member of the wheel group and is prompted for his own password instead of root when performing administrative tasks using the GUI tools. To make a user an administrator ex post, avail yourself of the "User Accounts" settings app. in Gnome Shell. > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
