Unlock Network settings

[Mark Long]

I installed gOS 3.0 and when I try to access the network settings via
the graphical interface it asks me to provide my password. Now I've
logged into the system using this password so I know it's right but
for some reason it just "shakes" and won't accept my password. What
am I doing wrong? I can connect to the network and I modify
configurations via the terminal but when I try to access it
graphically it won't allow it.

Any insight or help would be appreciated. This is the latest 3.0
download from the website running on VMware Workstation 6.5 sitting on
top of Windows XP. For the most part the install has been everything
Linux should be. Exceeding my expectations in every way. Thanks in
advance for any assistance.

[TMacBG]

When it the password dialog appears the system wants from you to
enter the root password ( this could be different from your
password ) try to remember see this web page it'll help you if you
have forgotten your root password

http://linuxgazette.net/107/tomar.html

[Mark Long]

Thanks for the reply. It's asking for the password for mlong (my user
account). However, when I sudo su and use passwd to reset the root
password I still can't get it to work. They should have both been the
same password but now I've reset them to be the same. It finally
fails and says Could not authenticate, an unexpected error has
occurred.

[ozzfan]

I get exactly the same problem when I try to adjust the time (which
wasn't set correctly by default on installation of the OS). I type in
my password after clicking the Unlock button but it gives that shake
and after some time the "Could not authenticate" box comes up.

[98springer]

http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux/browse_thread/thread/f634aac2c9bcf827

[Kevin]

Click on System Preferences-->Administration-->Authorizations

Add user(yourself) to Manage system configuration then close
Authorizations.

Then try your network settings again.

[ozzfan]

Thanks for the help. It worked perfectly :)

[Mark Long]

Thanks Kevin, that worked perfectly.

[Manny]

Kevin,
I have been having the same problem. Thx for the guide, it worked
great.

Manny

[Bob Rowlands]

When I try to run Authorizations, it says it's starting, and then it
disappears.

[Bob Rowlands]

On Dec 3, 9:05 pm, Bob Rowlands <rowlands....@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I try to run Authorizations, it says it's starting, and then it
> disappears.

After I rebooted, I was able to run Authorizations, and doing what you
said fixed my problem. Thanks. Still not sure why Authorizations
disappeared (crashed?) at first.