From: faeychild@noname.afraid.org   
      
   Doug Laidlaw wrote:   
      
   > faeychild wrote:   
   >   
   >> Bit Twister wrote:   
   >>   
   >> MCC, I've discovered, requires the root password but not when launched   
   >> from the "Update" icon   
   >>   
   > Where've you been?   
      
   A long way off. I haven't done an upgrade for some years; it must have   
   slipped my mind. I was running Mandriva 10.2   
      
   > That was introduced by Mandriva and carried across.   
   > At the time, various people complained it was insecure.  It was pointed   
   > out that you can configure it with MCC -> Security -> Configure   
   > Authentication for Mageia tools.   
      
   > It would be of consequence only in a multi-user environment.   
      
   True! In that case you probably don't need a password at all, except to jog   
   the memory that you're actions could be a bit risky   
      
      
      
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