redhat-install-packages

[James Drabb]

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