Re: F10 : howto make automatic update without being asked root password ?

From: Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:12:31 -0600

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:06:59 +0000
red one wrote:

when packagekit
starts running and updating, it asks for root's password to make updates,
how can be this disabled ?

Check the "remember this authorization" box the first time it asks for the root
password, enter the root password, and you'll never have to do it again after
that.

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