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[ritchie <ritchie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 23 Dec 2010 00:53:35 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * ritchie <ritchie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [12-22-10 19:49]:
> > I was careless recently. I needed to install some software for my
> > daughter, and when she was logged in I ran Yast, up popped Kdesu (as
> > normal) I typed the root password and pressed OK. To my horror, after I
> > pressed the OK button, I noticed that the "Save Password" check box was
> > checked. Doh!
> >
> > My 12 year old daughter can now run yast at any time without entering a
> > password. Obviously I feel like a right knob for not being more alert and
> > causing this less than ideal situation.
> >
> > I have been unable to find the solution to "How to I get kdesu to
> > 'forget' the password?"
>
> aaah, type "kdesu" from a non-root prompt and remove the checkmark before
> entering a command, ie yast2.
Hi Patrick,

running kdesu alone just complains...

        ritchie@linuxbox:~> kdesu
        kdesu: No command specified.
        kdesu: Use --help to get a list of available command line options.


OK... looking at kdesu --help gives me... 
Options:
  -n                        Do not keep password                                
  


ritchie@linuxbox:~> kdesu -n yast2
kdesu opens with "remember password" unchecked. Good. Typed  root password 
started and closed yast2.

ritchie@linuxbox:~> kdesu yast2
Success password request dialogue appears. :-)

Thank you for putting me on the right path.

Regards

Ritchie




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