On 02/29/2012 07:12 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2012-03-01 04:03, John Andersen wrote:
On 2/29/2012 6:49 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
A mess to set up too. The current YAST configuration utility seems overly obtuse in an attempt to be capable of doing everything. A simpler check box list of tasks would be easier to set up.
But that is complex to create. What tool do we have that allows that usage? I don't know, perhaps it is policy kit.
Well, there are a few things that a user would commonly need to do. Some of these are already mentioned on this thread, printers wifi apply security updates certain connections to Windows networks maybe some mounting issues for odd things, phones, etc Run full Yast... maybe 4 or 5 things I haven't thought of... So you have a few things like this on a Yast page Named Common SUDO tasks, and you select the user, then check the items that user should get to use. Typically you'd give a young kid the ability to only to hook up to wifi, Maybe add a printer Then as they get older you allow them to apply updates Maybe run yast. So instead of being something so open ended as the current Yast SUDO setup, it would be much simpler. You could add tasks to the list using /etc/sysconfig if needed. The use case I see for this is more likely aimed at the corporate laptop, where you don't really want to bug the IT department every time there is a security patch to apply. -- Explain again the part about rm -rf / -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org