How to administer Fedora via VNC connection
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
caf at omen.com
Tue Jun 16 11:08:29 UTC 2009
> Subject: Re: How to administer Fedora via VNC connection To: For
> testers of Fedora Core development releases
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> <1245099044.24230.5.camel at phemon> Content-Type: text/plain On Fri,
> 2009-06-12 at 10:04 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>> > I have two VNC sessions set up - one for my caf
>> > account and one for root, both passworded of
>> > course.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately somtthing in Fedora prevents me
>> > from doing system mx tasks such as add/remove
>> > software and getting disk drive health reports.
>> >
>> > How can I enable effective system admin via VNC,
>> > at least on my local subnet? I want to do most
>> > of my system admin tasks from my comfortable office,
>> > not the cold dark noisy basement where the Fedora
>> > server sits.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Chuck Forsbergcaf at omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
>> > Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
>> > Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
>> > 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
>> >
>>
>
> This is due to default PolicyKit settings that do not allow you to do
> certain things when logged in remotely. You can change the policy in
> System -> Preferences -> Authorizations - of course, you have to do it
> when logged in locally.
>
>
>
I added a policykit auth for remote root access.
The add/remove software behaviour is unchanged-
clicking apply causes dependencies to be resolved
but doesn't bother to install anything.
--
Chuck Forsberg caf at omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
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