Re: Escalation - better desktop printing policy (over two years old issue)
Hi, On 06/15/2012 09:30 AM, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Fedora still has quite strict printing policies even if users choose to be a part of Administrator group during installation still need to input passwords while changing even the minor printer settings (like unpausing). This is still an issue on Fedora 16 and 17, is has been in bugzilla for over 2 years: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 Why are Administrator users being asked for root pasword when editing printer options? There is a fix from Fedora wiki page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool Please make this fix permanent and enabled by default in Fedora. If I'm not mistaken this is the same issue that Linus Torvalds vented regarding same issue on OpenSuse - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 Thanks, Valent. I'll review the bug as soon as I'll finish the 2 things I'm working on right now. Regards Marek -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Escalation - better desktop printing policy (over two years old issue)
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 15:12 +0200, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: OK, but why isn't this easy fix via new policy done, why is it sitting in bugzilla for over two years? I really don't know. I don't maintain the cups-pk-helper package. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Escalation - better desktop printing policy (over two years old issue)
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Tim Waugh twa...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 09:30 +0200, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Fedora still has quite strict printing policies even if users choose to be a part of Administrator group during installation still need to input passwords while changing even the minor printer settings (like unpausing). This is still an issue on Fedora 16 and 17, is has been in bugzilla for over 2 years: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 Why are Administrator users being asked for root pasword when editing printer options? There is a fix from Fedora wiki page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool Please make this fix permanent and enabled by default in Fedora. If I'm not mistaken this is the same issue that Linus Torvalds vented regarding same issue on OpenSuse - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 FWIW, a better way of doing print-to-remote-service is being planned which requires no special privilege: http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/03/08/session-printing/ (This is no help for print-to-locally-attached-printer though.) Tim. */ OK, but why isn't this easy fix via new policy done, why is it sitting in bugzilla for over two years? -- follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turko...@hotmail.com -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Escalation - better desktop printing policy (over two years old issue)
Hi, Fedora still has quite strict printing policies even if users choose to be a part of Administrator group during installation still need to input passwords while changing even the minor printer settings (like unpausing). This is still an issue on Fedora 16 and 17, is has been in bugzilla for over 2 years: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 Why are Administrator users being asked for root pasword when editing printer options? There is a fix from Fedora wiki page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool Please make this fix permanent and enabled by default in Fedora. If I'm not mistaken this is the same issue that Linus Torvalds vented regarding same issue on OpenSuse - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 Thanks, Valent. -- follow me - www.twitter.com/valentt http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com linux, anime, spirituality, wireless, scuba, linuxmce smart home, zwave ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, MSN: valent.turko...@hotmail.com -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Escalation - better desktop printing policy (over two years old issue)
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 09:30 +0200, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Fedora still has quite strict printing policies even if users choose to be a part of Administrator group during installation still need to input passwords while changing even the minor printer settings (like unpausing). This is still an issue on Fedora 16 and 17, is has been in bugzilla for over 2 years: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 Why are Administrator users being asked for root pasword when editing printer options? There is a fix from Fedora wiki page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool Please make this fix permanent and enabled by default in Fedora. If I'm not mistaken this is the same issue that Linus Torvalds vented regarding same issue on OpenSuse - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 FWIW, a better way of doing print-to-remote-service is being planned which requires no special privilege: http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/03/08/session-printing/ (This is no help for print-to-locally-attached-printer though.) Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
