On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@suse.de> wrote:
Hello,
On May 22 21:40 Marguerite Su wrote (excerpt):
I would like YaST2 never ask me root password to install software, since it's my laptop
Can you provide some background information why you like to have this.
I wonder when it is your own laptop did you perhaps install openSUSE on it and if yes, then you would know the root password and could provide it to YaST.
oh, yes, I have root password. and I could provide it to YaST. but: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/4728... see this page. last few comments. kdesu has a design fault. for some thinkpad users like me, it doesn't notice you that you need to swipe your finger to give root permission. (you can't just input root password and click okay) so many users just wait the finger session expires and actually I don't know exactly when I should swipe my finger. that's a lot of time wasted. so everytime it reminds me if I can install software without password, just like launching software....it sounds good and smooth. to gain that experience I would like to expose myself outside (actually not possible behind I have a router in my home network) but as I said, it'll surely be banned in the name of security. that's why I said we may need another set of security settings. although it may varies among users, but still need some kind of such mechanism apart from as secure as one can. so in my case, the situation is: I have passwords, but I don't want to give it every time. but it's not common case. so let's continue others discussed like "which ones we could give to users, which ones not" instead of "should give or not". hope it helps marguerite
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