No I am not running as root, what I did was click the checkbox earlier to "remember" the password. I tired "special application settings" with the same result! Look at the ~/.config/kwinrulesrc file, I am seeing 7 entries like this, why is this? [3] Description=Window settings for yast2 - partitioner @ localhost.localdomain position=2610,911 positionrule=4 size=1953,930 sizerule=4 types=1 wmclass=yast2 yast2 - partitioner @ localhost.localdomain wmclasscomplete=true wmclassmatch=1 [4] Description=Window settings for yast2 - partitioner @ localhost.localdomain position=2476,215 positionrule=3 size=2688,1361 sizerule=4 types=1 wmclass=yast2 yast2 - partitioner @ localhost.localdomain wmclasscomplete=true wmclassmatch=1 [5] Description=Window settings for yast2 - partitioner @ localhost.localdomain position=2520,315 positionrule=4 size=2688,1541 sizerule=4 types=1 wmclass=yast2 yast2 - partitioner @ localhost.localdomain wmclasscomplete=true wmclassmatch=1