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   faeychild to faeychild   
   Re: mageia control centre password   
   10 May 14 19:25:10   
   
   From: faeychild@noname.afraid.org   
      
   faeychild wrote:   
      
   > I know that the Mandriva Control Center would only accept the root   
   > password for access.   
   >   
   > Mageia Control Centre only accepts user password.   
   > Does anyone else find this a bit disturbing insecure.   
   >   
      
   I discovered the discrepancy. The control center does require the root   
   password. But not when it's launched by the Update process - the taskbar   
   icon-- then it accepts the user password.   
      
   A bit odd, maybe.   
      
      
   --   
   faeychild   
   Running kde on 3.12.18-server-1.mga4 kernel.   
   Mageia release 4 (Official) for i586   
      
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