sudo-like login with policykit

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Sun Apr 27 01:32:21 UTC 2008


On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:25:16PM -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote:
> I like using the sudo style logins on my box, where it asks for my 
> password instead of root's. That may not be anyone else's thing, that's 
> OK. This is not a thread about changing the default.
> 
> But about changing it for me personally...
> 
> In F8 I was able to do this by mass-editing a whole bunch of console-kit 
> config files and adding myself to wheel. PolicyKit is supposed to make 
> this easier now, but I haven't figured out how to do it.

'man PolicyKit.conf' 

Even in F8 you merely need to edit a single file to give yourself sudo
style access over every single policykit based app.

Regards,
Dan.
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