Julien BEHEM wrote: > Michael Biebl a écrit : >> Julien BEHEM wrote: >> >>> Michael Biebl a écrit : >>> >>>> severity 536490 wishlist >>>> retitle 536490 enable sudo like behaviour when system uses disabled root >>>> account >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> Josselin Mouette wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> reassign 536490 policykit >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> Le vendredi 10 juillet 2009 à 12:41 +0200, Julien BEHEM a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> When launching any gnome-system-tools utility and clicking on the >>>>>> unlock button, it asks for root password but root account is disabled >>>>>> and system is using sudo (working well in console, sudo is well >>>>>> configured, and sudo-mode is set to true for gksu in gconf editor). >>>>>> I saw an old bugreport of 2008 (number 412982) describing maybe the >>>>>> same problem and solved by upgrading to 2.16 or 2.17 version, but i'm >>>>>> using 2.22... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> This is a current limitation of PolicyKit. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> That is not really a limitation, but a configuration issue. PK can be >>>> setup (as >>>> e.g. Ubuntu does), to allow for a sudo like behaviour. >>>> If you replace the exiting configuration in /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf >>>> with >>>> <config version="0.1"> >>>> <match user="root"> >>>> <return result="yes"/> >>>> </match> >>>> <define_admin_auth group="admin"/> >>>> </config> >>>> you should get the same behaviour on Debian (assuming Debian also uses the >>>> "admin" group for this). >>>> >>>> >>> This does not work. >>> When I click on the Unlock button in any admin tool, instead of getting the >>> prompt for root password, I get an error after few seconds of timeout : >>> Authentication impossible (or something translated like that). >>> >>> >> >> Are you member of the "admin" group? >> >> > Hmm there is no admin group defined in /etc/groups, but there is a group > named > adm (which I am a member of). Should I create an admin group, or modify the > PolicyKit.conf with "adm" instead of "admin" ?
Either should work (given the admin group you create has root rights). Joss, do you know what d-i resp. sudo does, when you install a root-disabled system? Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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