Hi, Am 08.05.2012 21:55, schrieb Joey Hess: > Package: policykit-1 > Version: 0.104-2 > Severity: serious
Could you elaborate on the severity? > Tags: d-i > > In d-i, it is very easy to set up a system without entering a root > password. d-i sets up sudo, and configures gksu to use it > (by changing an alternative). > > On such a system, I was prompted by policykit for the (nonexistant) root > password when network-manager wanted to authenticate me in order to > associate to a wireless network. I assume policykit prompts for the root > password for other things too. Was that in gnome-shell or gnome-fallback? Is your user in group sudo / any other user in group sudo? > > If there is some setting we can make in d-i to new installs to make > policykit use sudo, please let me know, and I will make it. It wouldn't > solve the problem when upgrading existing installs that use sudo, but > it'd be better than nothing. Adding a user to group sudo should be sufficient to mark it as account with admin privileges, i.e. a d-i setup which adds the user to group sudo (which is the case for a password-less root-account) should work ootb. Michael
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