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Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 16:52 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages by cry_regarder
Parent article: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

User has permission to reboot the system in practically any distribution. PackageKit wouldn't have a problem with that.


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Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 16:58 UTC (Thu) by cry_regarder (subscriber, #50545) [Link]

Sorry. It's not the permission to reboot. The power plug gives them that. It is the dialogue box that pops up telling/suggesting them to reboot.

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