1074 2002-07-12 12:57:50 +0400 add other ways to get the permission to configure 2010-07-20 14:25:46 +0400 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus consolehelper unstable all Linux CLOSED NOTABUG P4 enhancement --- 1 vanyaz sem rider sem oldest_to_newest 1023 0 vanyaz 2002-07-12 12:57:50 +0400 Now the only way that is suggested by consolehelper to get the permission to perform a privileged operation (probably a kindd of system configuration) is to enter the root\'s password. 1. sudo is a popular way to manage administration permissions. So I suggest to add another option: \"Use sudo\" to the consolehelper\'s menu (appears only if sudo is installed). 2. Often a user needs some change in the system he uses, but he doesn\'t have the permission to do this. When he tries to configure something, he comes across the \"root password\" prompt of consolehelper. He may want to communicater his wish (what he wanted to change) to the system administrator; so I suggest to add one more option to consolehelper menu: \"Send a request to the admin\", which will invoke a mailer and provide the user a quick way to compose a message to the admin. (I think, the admin should be able to disbale this feature.) --- --- consolehelper-0.2.1-alt2 89790 1 rider 2009-04-21 00:36:38 +0400 PING 110714 2 ldv 2010-07-20 14:25:46 +0400 (In reply to comment #0) > Now the only way that is suggested by consolehelper to get the permission to > perform a privileged operation (probably a kindd of system configuration) is > to enter the root\'s password. This statement is not correct. The user whose authentication to check is specified by a USER= option in appropriate /etc/security/console.apps/* file. By default, if no USER= option is specified, the user invoked consolehelper will be tried to authenticate.