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

Stephen Davidson gorky at freenet.carleton.ca
Tue Apr 22 08:28:53 CDT 2008


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Chris Cox wrote:
| 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.
|
Hi Chris.
Does not work for me.  'su -' does, but not kdesu -c xterm.  I keep
getting 'Incorrect Password.  Please try again'.

Any ideas where to look?

- -Steve

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