How to administer Fedora via VNC connection

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

> Subject: Re: How to administer Fedora via VNC connection To: For 
> testers of Fedora Core development releases 
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com> Message-ID: 
> <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