On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 20:29, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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). > > 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
