consolehelper issues

[Jim Popovitch]

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 18:34, Nalin Dahyabhai wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 06:19:22PM -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > As user 'bob' I can run /usr/BIN/redhat-config-network (btw, shouldn't
> > this be fedora-config-network) and nothing happens (i.e. no su'ish
> > prompt).  If I 'strace /usr/BIN/redhat-config-network' it magically
> > works... that is the user is prompted for root's password.
> 
> Has 'bob' previously run an application which is run via consolehelper
> and userhelper?  

no.  I even through in a fresh reboot to double check.

> If so, then the fact that 'bob' knows root's password
> is probably being cached, and it's a matter of timing and not whether or
> not it's being straced that's causing the change in behavior.
> 
> As an aside, in the development tree the prefix is frequently 'system'
> instead of 'fedora' or 'redhat'.  For more information, check the
> fedora-config-list archives for November 2003.

thx. ;)

> 
> > redhat-config-network works fine as root, AND
> > /usr/SBIN/redhat-config-network works FINE as user 'bob' with NO
> > authentication.  User 'bob' is only a member of group 'users'.
> 
> Some configuration tools can be run as non-privileged users (and if the
> unprivileged user can read the configuration, it'll even be displayed
> properly), but you should run into problems if you try to modify the
> configuration due to filesystem permissions set on files which the tool
> will try to modify.

Makes sense, but I don't think that is the problem here.  I would appear
that something breaks during the execution of consolehelper.  I keep
dorking with it, thanks for trying to help.

-Jim P.  

> 
> HTH,
> 
> Nalin
>