gnome-system-tools problems (still)

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:38:28 -0500, Kevin Miller  
<fotrefofosisfi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:14:39 -0500, Kevin Miller  
>> <fotrefofosisfi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I posted this message a couple weeks ago but I guess nobody saw it, or  
>>> whatever.
>>>
>>> I have tried updating my cvs sources and updating packages, but am  
>>> still having the same problems.  Maybe someone will see this that will  
>>> have an idea.
>>>
>>> I am running FreeBSD 6.2 with gnome 2.18.1 compiled and installed from  
>>> ports.
>>>
>>> I am having problems with all of the tools, specifically the  
>>> shares-admin, and services-admin.
>>>
>>> None of the gnome-system-tools, even the ones that work, ask for a  
>>> password if logged in as a normal user.  I've tried removing user from  
>>> wheel group, and they still never ask.
>>>
>>>
> ----  snippity ----
>>>
>>> samba, and gnome are running, as well as dbus, polkitd, avahi, the  
>>> system-tools-backends, and hal.  I get no errors on startup from those.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> The system-tools-backend and gnome-system-tools need some love from  
>> someone to get them port full.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mezz
>>
>
> Sounds about right... So, am I not the only one to have this problem, or  
> is there anything that can be suggested I do?

Hack and port it. :-) Other way is to use real ways such as there are  
tools that are available in base system. For example, if you want to add a  
new user, use adduser. If you need to edit network, edit in /etc/*.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Thanks


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