[NTLUG:Discuss] kdesu no longer accepts root password???

Chris Cox cjcox at acm.org
Mon Apr 21 22:05:45 CDT 2008


Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Chris Cox wrote:
> | Stephen Davidson wrote:
> |> Any idea what could cause this?
> |>
> |> I've had two update come in on my system (first one via kdesu, second
> |> one as root).  Also an update to my sudoers file.
> |>
> |> I can still 'su -' as well, just no kdesu.
> |>
> |> OpenSuSE 10.3 AMD 64, if anyone was wondering.
> |
> | Just curious.... your is isn't part of the wheel group is it?
> | If so, try entering your own password instead of the root one.
> |
> |> -Steve
> |
> Hi Chris.
> 
> No, not part of wheel.  Tried my password as well, that did not work either.

I just did a kdesu -c xterm and typed in my root password and it worked.
Got an xterm running with a root shell.  I'm running openSUSE 10.3 AMD 64
with latest updates.



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