Bug#412983: gnome-panel: Adjust date & time: root password should be reasked if wrong

[Sven Arvidsson]

tags 412983 +fixed-upstream
reassign 412983 gnome-system-tools
thanks 

On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 16:20 +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> When the root password is wrong, an error message is given and the
> dialog is closed. Could the root password be asked again instead?
> 
> I'd be even nicer to show the error message in the ask password dialog
> itself so you can skip one dialog.

This is because time-admin (from gnome-system tools) doesn't use gksu
when launched from the panel. When gksu is used, you will get the
behaviour you describe above.

I do believe this is fixed upstream in gnome-system-tools 2.16 or 2.17. 

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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