[opensuse-kde3] Re: [opensuse-kde] KDE3 kdesu problem
From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:30:23 -0600 Message-id: <66aaaea5-7e50-9c81-b973-75e3b3e867aa@suddenlinkmail.com>
On 12/09/2018 03:21 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Konsole -> Session -> New Root Shell -> yast2
Won't workaround?
Or just Konsole -> su to root.
David, Felix, Konsole root shell or su-ing in any terminal window works, so it is not that I cannot run programs as root at all.
Another possibility is the Yast package you have installed may conflict with the non-kde3 version. Specifically,
yast2-control-center-qt3-2.17.3-10.1.x86_6
is provided in the KDE3 repo, while there is a comparable "yast2-control-center" provided by the main OSS repo.
I installed yast2-control-center-qt3 when I installed KDE3. Now I replaced it with yast2-control-center-4.0.4. None of them works. And not only yast is affected, I cannot start other applications as root either, eg krusader root mode or kde3 control center administrator mode.
Another possible issue is the lack of a pinentry package to prompt for the root password upon su (as well as any time GPG is invoked, etc..) Make sure you have the following:
pinentry pinentry-gtk2
(or similar gui edition)
rpm -qa|grep -i pinentry pinentry-gtk2-1.1.0-lp150.2.4.x86_64 pinentry-qt5-1.1.0-lp150.2.4.x86_64 pinentry-1.1.0-lp150.2.4.x86_64 /var/log/messages show these line just after a kdesu attempt: 2018-12-11T20:06:08.117728+01:00 linux su: gkr-pam: couldn't get the password from user: Conversation error 2018-12-11T20:06:08.118334+01:00 linux su: pam_unix(su:auth): auth could not identify password for [root] 2018-12-11T20:06:08.124978+01:00 linux su: FAILED SU (to root) test on pts/4 I have also Leap 42.3 with KDE3 and it doesn't have this problem. Thanks your reply, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org
Istvan Gabor composed on 2018-12-11 20:46 (UTC+0100):
Konsole root shell or su-ing in any terminal window works, so it is not that I cannot run programs as root at all.
I installed yast2-control-center-qt3 when I installed KDE3.
That's what I have on 42.3 and 15.0.
Now I replaced it with yast2-control-center-4.0.4.
Why?
None of them works. And not only yast is affected, I cannot start other applications as root either, eg krusader root mode or kde3 control center administrator mode. ... I have also Leap 42.3 with KDE3 and it doesn't have this problem.
Does it have yast2-control-center-kde3 installed? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:37:37 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
Istvan Gabor composed on 2018-12-11 20:46 (UTC+0100):
Konsole root shell or su-ing in any terminal window works, so it is not that I cannot run programs as root at all.
I installed yast2-control-center-qt3 when I installed KDE3.
That's what I have on 42.3 and 15.0.
Now I replaced it with yast2-control-center-4.0.4.
Why?
Wanted to see if it makes a difference.
None of them works. And not only yast is affected, I cannot start other applications as root either, eg krusader root mode or kde3 control center administrator mode. ... I have also Leap 42.3 with KDE3 and it doesn't have this problem.
Does it have yast2-control-center-kde3 installed?
yast2-control-center-kde3: typo? My Leap 42.3 has yast2-control-center-qt3. But I tried yast2-control-center-qt too, and kdesu works with it too. I don't think this is a yast2-control center issue. As I told yast-independent programs can't use kdesu either. Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org
Istvan Gabor composed on 2018-12-11 22:43 (UTC+0100):
Does it have yast2-control-center-kde3 installed?
yast2-control-center-kde3: typo?
Yes: http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/kde3su-150.jpg
My Leap 42.3 has yast2-control-center-qt3. But I tried yast2-control-center-qt too, and kdesu works with it too.
I don't think this is a yast2-control center issue. As I told yast-independent programs can't use kdesu either. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science.
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org
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