[OpenIndiana-discuss] Proxy for auto-updates?

David nonot100 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 16 22:43:35 UTC 2011


On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Kevin J. Woolley <kjw at javabunny.net> wrote:
> On 16 March 2011 15:26, David <nonot100 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1) I can't even launch these applications of a fresh install, since
>> the GUI is prompting me for a root password, but no root password is
>> created during the install process.  This appears to be true for many
>> admin applets.  (Plus, I would have assumed it would use "gksudo" or
>> some equivalent, but it does not.)
>
> In oi_147 you could fix this by doing a 'su -', giving the password
> you used during the installation, and resetting the password when
> prompted (because root's password was expired).  I'm not sure if
> that's the case in 148 or 148a.  Might be worth a shot, though.
>
>


That does work.  Seems a fix should be put in place, though.

Is there a way to file a bug for this?



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