Sean wrote on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 6:44:47 PM EST:

Hi,

I'm a newbie with linux. Using SUSE 9.3 Pro

My root user ID and password work fine.

When I log in as a normal user, SUSE Watcher alerts me that new updates are available. I click on the check for updates. Because of permissions, I get prompted for the root password. I put in the root password but it says it's invalid. This did work at one time.

Hi Sean,

I ran into a similar problem. It has to do with how the path is set.

So what I do is just close the "SUSE Watcher" window and then I either start up "fou4s" Or "YOU" as root, where "YOU" is "yast on-line update".

With fou4s, I use a root shell which I start via a "console" by doing "sux -" and then entering the root password. (by doing "sux -" the path is correct...)

and with "YOU" I have an icon on my desktop, and when I click on it it it asks me for the root password.

(Of couse I could start yast from a root console, similar to how I start "fou4s" or by doing doing the run command {"alt + F2" ))

Going back to "yast" I then click on ("Software") ==> "On Line Update" ==> etc.

I could set-up either fou4s http://fou4s.gaugusch.at/ or YOU to run auto-magically, but I prefer to do my patches manually, so that way I know what I need to re-start, etc.

For a discussion on what needs re-starting, see the thread starting:

[suse-security] Patch Noifications http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security/2006-Jan/0025.html

Hope this helps,

Gar