Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 16:50 UTC (Thu) by cry_regarder (subscriber, #50545)
In reply to: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages by drag
Parent article: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Right...update packages. Great. So when I am working online and have my 75 tabs open and do a user switch, I want that user to decide that NOW is the time to update the packages.

Firefox can't deal with being updated (it WILL crash or start behaving erratically forcing a restart). How about when PackageKit suggests that the system be rebooted? Will that user have the permissions to reboot my system?

Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 16:52 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link] (1 responses)

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

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.