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How to let trusted users run yumex 2.9.x without root PW

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http://forums.fedoraforum.org – In a previous post I described that with the latest version of yumex, you can no longer run the program as a mere sudo user - you have to know the root password now (see http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=233869). This makes it complicated for admins who want to grant their users certain rights without giving away the root PW. Here's a simple solution how you can enable yumex for trusted users: Sytem - Administration - Users and Groups: add the trusted user to the "wheel" group add the following line to /etc/security/console.apps/yumex-yum-backend: UGROUPS=wheel Now your user can start yumex using his/her PW for authentication. :D (HowTos)

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Hi!

I have been banging my head against the keyboard for the past few days because of a "tiny" problem that F17 brings to us, the users, the fact that YUMEX no longer works.

Sure, some of you will jump the gun and say "use PackageKit", but I like apps that are more inclined to usefulness than being stupid proof.

Anyways, got lots of errors when trying to run yumex, err

Yumex fails to run properly anymore any idea's for a fix?

Tried to finalize my install this morning and had nothing but issues with apper and yumex. Yumex was locked up and doesn't do anything. When you try to terminate the program it just sits there spinning it's wheels forever forcing me to do a hard re-boot. Apper on the other hand keeps asking for authentication of the user or super-user.

I know how to enable su without a password for all wheel group users by adding the appropriate configuration line in /etc/pam.d/su.

I do not want to enable this for all wheel users but only one particular user.

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