https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731#c1 --- Comment #1 from Ferdinand Thiessen 2011-09-17 20:45:28 UTC --- One thing more: If I am logged in as root and entered passwd into terminal (to change root password), I got this: linux-4zng:~ # passwd Changing password for root. passwd: Permission denied -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731#c Thorsten Kukuk changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|kukuk@suse.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731#c2 Michael Calmer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |f.thiessen@gmx.de --- Comment #2 from Michael Calmer 2011-10-25 08:23:08 UTC ---

Now I discovered, if any program like yast ask for the root password, I can enter everything and it works.

You are logged-in as a normal user and now you start a yast module. You get the UI of gnome-su or kdesu (which one?) which ask you for the root pasword. If you enter anything, yast is started. Is this correct, or do you mean something different? Please provide /var/log/messages .

One thing more: If I am logged in as root and entered passwd into terminal (to change root password), I got this: linux-4zng:~ # passwd Changing password for root. passwd: Permission denied

Please attach the following files: * /etc/pam.d/passwd * /etc/pam.d/common-auth * /etc/pam.d/common-account * /etc/pam.d/common-passwd * /etc/pam.d/common-session The common-* files may be symlinks to common-*-pc files. Please tell me, if this is the case on your system. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718731#c4 Michael Calmer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|f.thiessen@gmx.de | Resolution| |NORESPONSE --- Comment #4 from Michael Calmer 2012-02-03 10:49:17 UTC --- no response so far. But I am sure, that this is something in kdesu, which store the password. So this behaviour might be a feature and is not by default insecure, if you have entered the password one time. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.