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[Sam Clemens <clemens.sam1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lucky Leavell wrote:
> OS: OpenSuSE 10.3
>
> When I try to invoke YaST from KDE as a non-root user, it prompts me for 
> the root password but always says it is incorrect but I can bring up a 
> terminal screen, su - and it accepts the same password just fine OR I can 
> swithc to a character screen and login as root just fine using the same 
> password. What causes this strange behavior (which I have not experienced 
> from SuSE 9.0 until 10.3)? What can I do about it?
>
> Thank you,
> Lucky Leavell


well, until you figure it out, su to root and run yast from there.

It's not optimal, but it will work.
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