Well it turns out I didn't test all of the applications using x2go, only the one that didn't work (Firewall). All of the others seem to work fine. Perhaps I will suggest x2go, but I am still quite aggravated I can't figure out the xrdp problem :P On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Samuel Winchenbach <swinchen at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well the slow dialog isn't the problem so much. > > > > I have disabled selinux just to remove one variable from the problem! > > > > Here are a list of applications and if they prompt for the root password > > correctly: > > "Add/Remove Software" - Application start fine, but when I click apply I > > get "Authorization Failed" dialog box. > > "Authentication" - Works great! > > "Firewall" - I get an > > > org.fedoraproject.slip.dbus.service.PolKit.NotAuthroized.org.fedoraproject.config.firewall.auth > > error dialog box on start. > > "Services" - Application starts fine, but it never prompts for root > > password and none of the buttons (enable, disable, start, stop, restart) > > seem to do anything > > "Software Update" - Application starts fine but "Install Updates" doesn't > > do anything. > > "Users and Groups" - Works great! > > > > So it is strange that "Authentication" and "Users and Groups" work great, > > but the other fail one way or another. Different authentication > > mechanisms? I am really quite lost. > > I was assuming that this behavior was different from a freenx/NX > session but I see approximately the same thing where the apps that are > links to consolehelper with the matching name configured under > /etc/pam.d/ (system-config-authentication, etc.) work with with a > password prompt as needed, but not the ones that are just python > (system-config-firewall, etc.) My ck-list-sessions says: > $ ck-list-sessions > Session2: > unix-user = '500' > realname = '(null)' > seat = 'Seat1' > session-type = '' > active = TRUE > x11-display = ':0' > x11-display-device = '/dev/tty1' > display-device = '' > remote-host-name = '' > is-local = TRUE > on-since = '2014-02-27T20:46:01.675451Z' > login-session-id = '1' > idle-since-hint = '2014-02-27T22:36:31.861340Z' > > I don't know what most of that means, but my X display is definitely not > :0. > $ echo $DISPLAY > :1320.0 > > So something is not right here... Googleing for that > > org.fedoraproject.slip.dbus.service.PolKit.NotAuthorizedException.org.fedoraproject.config.firewall.auth: > error turns up a bunch of hits but I couldn't find a real fix to > make the password prompt happen. Seems to be controlled by stuff > related to PolicyKit, and maybe something to do with the magic that > happens when you log in on the console device. I don't believe much > in magic, so I've always thought that was a very strange concept for > an inherently multiuser OS. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >