redhat-install-packages
James Drabb
JDrabb at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Oct 11 16:08:40 UTC 2003
On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 10:33, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 21:14, James Drabb wrote:
> > I get this message when I try to run redhat-install-packages:
> >
> > Your account does not have permissions to run redhat-install-packages
> > Administrator level permissions are needed to run this program
> > because it can install and remove system packages.
> >
> > Normally when I run other admin type packages as a normal user, I get
> > prompeted for the root password. Is there anyway to turn this
> > functionality back on for redhat-install-packages?
>
> The files /etc/security/console.apps/redhat-install-packages and
> /etc/pam.d/redhat-install-packages are supposed to take care of this,
> but before writing this, I went to check on my own system, and those
> files were missing. You can use rpm to check your own system:
>
> rpm -V redhat-config-packages
The files are all there. And the contents look fine. If I run
redhat-config-time, I get prompted for the root password as I expect, it
just doesn't work for redhat-install-packages.
Jim Drabb
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James Drabb
Senior Programmer Analyst
Davenport, FL USA
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