Centos 6 - vnc - authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages
A window keeps popping up on my remote desktop stating "authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages. An application is attempting to perform an action that requires privileges. Authentication as the super user is required to perform this action" and asking for the root password. If I hit cancel it comes back several minutes later.
I've found several references to this issue doing various google searches, but nothing that clearly states a solution.
How can I get rid of this?
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 18:26 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
A window keeps popping up on my remote desktop stating "authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages. An
Sounds like PackageKit to me. DBUS controls it. I find it really annoying....
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/refresh-packagekit.conf /usr/sbin/packagekitd
Alternatively you can set the yum proxy.
John
On Wed, 23 May 2012 00:12:45 -0400 John Stanley wrote:
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 18:26 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
A window keeps popping up on my remote desktop stating "authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages. An
Sounds like PackageKit to me. DBUS controls it. I find it really annoying....
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/refresh-packagekit.conf /usr/sbin/packagekitd
Alternatively you can set the yum proxy.
Your answer is not completely clear to me.
I just went into /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/refresh-packagekit.conf and changed "enabled=1" to "enabled=0"
I then restarted vncserver (service vncserver restart) and when I logged back into my remote desktop I was greeted with the same "authentication is required to set the network proxy used for downloading packages. An application is attempting to perform an action that requires privileges. Authentication as the super user is required to perform this action" window that I'm trying to get rid of.
/usr/sbin/packagekitd is a binary file that I can't edit and my google searching indicates that it's a daemon that's started on demand when you run yum. I'm not running yum at the moment but I see that packagekitd is running anyway for reasons beyond my understanding. Neither yum or packagekitd are listed by system-config-services.
This machine has no network proxy set and doesn't require one.
I have set Preferences-Software Updates to "Check for updates Never" and "Automatically install Nothing", and that makes no difference either.
So what am I missing?
On Tue, 22 May 2012 23:11:43 -0600 Frank Cox wrote:
So what am I missing?
I think I've found it. I ran gnome-session-properties and un-checked PackageKit Update Applet
I just restarted vncserver and this time I don't have that annoying window popping up on my remote desktop. So it appears that's the fix.
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 23:24 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2012 23:11:43 -0600 Frank Cox wrote:
So what am I missing?
Best way I found was to remove PackageKit and all its packages (Desktops it causes a major user whine and loads of complaints).
I think I've found it. I ran gnome-session-properties and un-checked PackageKit Update Applet
That'll work also but for that one user account
I just restarted vncserver and this time I don't have that annoying window popping up on my remote desktop. So it appears that's the fix.
Also yes packagekitd is a binary but controled by DBUS. I think that is just silly because it has no service command to stop it. Stopping 'dbus' should take care of it but then you will prolly be stopping really needed things.
John
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