redhat-log-viewer does not work properly

[Brent Fox]

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 16:05, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> Hi Tammy,
> 
> The recent updates fixed it again somehow :-)

I doubt that.  I think that it's a bug with the pam-panel-icon.  If
filed a bug on this today at 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107404

Basically, if you run a program that requires root password from the
command line, usermode caches the root password but the pam-panel-icon
does not appear for some reason.  The problem is that the pam-panel-icon
process is still running, so it's not clear to the user that the root
password has been cached.  This isn't good from a security point of
view.

If you start the program from the menus, the pam-panel-icon will appear
correctly.  

Cheers,
   Brent


> 
> Jaap
> 
> Tammy Fox wrote:
> > I tried it from the Main Menu, and it worked for me. Maybe your
> > desktop file is corrupt. What does rpm -qV redhat-logviewer return?
> > 
> > Tammy
> > 
> > On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 03:23:28PM +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> > 
> >>BTW I just discovered that it also works if I just launch from the 
> >>terminal without being root, but still not from the Main menu :-(
> >>
> >>
> >>Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>When I start the redhat-log-viewer from the Applications menu (System 
> >>>Tools /Logviewer) I have to type in the root password and then nothing 
> >>>happens. However if I login as root in a terminal and then lauch it from
> >>>the terminal it works.
> >>>
> >>>Any ideas? Anybody experiencing the same thing?
> >>>
> >>>Jaap
> >>>
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