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    From faeychild@faeychild@nomail.afraid.org to alt.os.linux.mageia on Thu Feb 27 16:58:51 2025
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    I am attempting to return my MCC login to administrator password, like
    the good old days

    I have set Software Management Network and Boot
    to Administrator password
    But MCC still asks for user password to login and so does
    net applet
    I've missed something. It's never as simple as I think
    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.79-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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  • From David W. Hodgins@dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org to alt.os.linux.mageia on Thu Feb 27 10:42:11 2025
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    On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:58:51 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:


    I am attempting to return my MCC login to administrator password, like
    the good old days

    I have set Software Management Network and Boot
    to Administrator password
    But MCC still asks for user password to login and so does
    net applet
    I've missed something. It's never as simple as I think

    In draksec (mcc/Security/Configure authentication for Mageia tools) under "Software Management"
    there are three choices available, each of which can be set to User password, Admin password, or
    no password. The all also have the option of using the default, which varies depending on the
    security level chosen

    - Software Management is for running rpmdrake, to install or uninstall packages.
    - Mageia update is for mgaapplet, for installing updates to already installed packages.
    - Software Media Manager is for drakrpm-edit-media, which is used to add or remove
    repositories.

    The net_applet program for connecting or disconnecting to a router. A user can connect or
    disconnect a network connection if the option to allow users to manage the connection has
    been set for that connection in the network settings. The setting is stored in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (replace eth0 with whatever network interface you
    are using). Make sure it has USERCTL=yes as one of the lines.

    A user can not change the network configuration without the root password, just connect or
    disconnect an already configured network interface, if USERCTL is set to yes.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins
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  • From William Unruh@unruh@invalid.ca to alt.os.linux.mageia on Fri Feb 28 02:39:23 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mageia

    On 2025-02-27, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    I am attempting to return my MCC login to administrator password, like
    the good old days

    If you are logged in as a user, then, if the user is in the sudo file it
    will ask for theuser password.
    net applet
    I've missed something. It's never as simple as I think

    One would hope not as otherwise your 5 year old could boot in to run
    root programs.

    But MCC still asks for user password to login and so does
    net applet
    I've missed something. It's never as simple as I think

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  • From faeychild@faeychild@nomail.afraid.org to alt.os.linux.mageia on Sun Mar 2 08:38:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mageia

    On 27/2/25 16:58, faeychild wrote:

    -aI am attempting to return my MCC login to administrator password, like the good old days

    I have set-a Software Management-a Network and Boot
    to Administrator password
    But MCC still asks for user password to login and so does
    net applet
    -aI've missed something. It's never as simple as I think

    OK to all! thanks for the heads up It drove the search in a slightly different direction.
    Guess whose stupid name was in the wheel group???
    I have reset all my changes the "tools" authentication section
    Back to normal

    Regards
    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.79-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
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