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Bug 467377 - Want to set time zone displayed without needing super-user privileges
Want to set time zone displayed without needing super-user privileges
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: clock
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-16 16:52 UTC by gerv
Modified: 2020-11-06 20:26 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description gerv 2007-08-16 16:52:46 UTC 
It seems ridiculous that I need my super-user password to travel abroad and still have my laptop tell me the correct time.

It should be possible to change the time zone in Gnome, and have clocks and other things display time in that time zone, without super user privileges.

Of course, it should not change the underlying hardware clock - that _would_ require super-user privileges. Time zone is basically just adding or subtracting N hours from the real time as the computer knows it, at display time.

Other information:
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2007-09-02 14:44:05 UTC 
There's a hidden feature to have something like this for the clock applet only in GNOME 2.20. But it's not ready to use, thus hidden (and it only appears in a menu).

More work will be done for 2.22, but having it GNOME-wide would be great. I'm not quite sure how to handle this, though.
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2008-04-08 21:20:54 UTC 
Status in 2.22: with PolicyKit, it's possible to not ask the password again, I believe. So it should work. (didn't test because the policykit help doesn't work on this computer)

I don't know if there's another way to have a desktop-wide way to change the timezone. Well, we need better than desktop-wide, something like user-wide...
Comment 3 André Klapper 2020-11-06 20:26:10 UTC 
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