On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 20:29, Buchan Milne wrote:
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> Robert Fox wrote:
> > For some time now - when a normal user chooses rpmdrake from the menu -
> > the following dialog box show up instead of the normal dialog asking for
> > the root password.  Is this normal now?
> 
> Yes. This allows non-root users to see what software they might want a
> user with root priveleges to install for them (ie we don't assume
> anymore that every user is has the root password, which was my request).
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> Maybe a menu entry for use by root should be retained, and a new "Browse
> available software" entry should be made, to avoid confusion.
> 

Excellent idea!!  Because for older Mandrake users this will be
confusing!  Especially that the "Software Media Manager" work like
before.

Thx,
R.Fox


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