On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:48:12 +0200
Andreas Jaeger
Let's do the discussion on the opensuse-factory mailing list, I'll update the document with any improvements. Feel free to enhance it as well.
I have just joined this list (nomail version), though I have been following the discussion via the web archives. I hope I'm not late to add a comment. I'll mainly comment on network issues (NetworkManager). But let me first add a note on Timezone. Timezone: I personally just set TZ in my environment when traveling. That does not require root. My "HOME/.profile" contains: ---- clip here ---- ### check for a temporary timezone change. if [ -r $HOME/timezone.sh ] ; then . $HOME/timezone.sh fi ---- end clip ---- so I need only create the file "timezone.sh" with the appropriate TZ definition, and I am set. Then, on return from travels, I delete that file (or rename it for future re-use). One could probably create a small GUI applet to generate this file, and then the user timezone would be changed on the next login. Root is not required, and can be different for different users. In my opinion, changing the system-wide timezone should require root. Network (NetworkManager). I have been experimenting with this. Perhaps I should do a bug report. I have described what I did in more detail in http://nwrickert2.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/trying-to-make-networkmanager-san... In short, I created a "network" group, and modified polkit definitions, so that anyone in the network group who is at an active console can make WiFi changes. The polkit definitions from opensuse made this hard. There are local definition files (actually vendor definition files) for group *, and any attempt to make a definition for group network seemed to be overridden by the "group *" definition. It seems to me that opensuse should put any definition that applies to everyone into the defaults instead of in a ".pkna" file. That way, at least local administrators would have a better chance at tweaking it for their own uses. Thanks for your attention. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org