* Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk> [06-17-17 20:22]:
On 17/06/17 15:33, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk> [06-17-17 09:44]:
On 17/06/17 10:32, James Bunnell wrote:
I have the regular super user konsole. but the konsole that is supposed to be the regular konsole prompts for a password each time i open it. i have tried the profile thing, no avail. any ideas as to why this is? thanks.
Seems to me the problem is you have both root and user konsoles together. I find, whenever I su in a konsole, it remembers that and tries to run it as root next time. It causes grief for a few logins until it goes away - and even if I give it the root password it appears to do absolutely nothing with it ...
Short answer: it looks like root konsoles are buggy.
or you have *some* configuration borked. I do not observe the problems you describe. I rarely have reason to hunt for another console window rather than utilizing the regular konsole and simply "su -". but I have never opened <user> konsole and be asked to provide a password, in any of my many years years on suse versions of linux.
Short answer: I don't like it when computers do weird things for no obvious reason.
To describe my setup, I leave ONE console open, usually with three or four tabs. I regularly "su" in one or more of those tabs when I want access to root.
When I log in, konsole may or may not ask me for the root password. It only starts if I left a tab in root mode last session, but if I give it the root password it does nothing - I don't get a root tab. And it will keep on prompting for the password for the next few logins, even if I don't su in a tab again ...
As I say. It's weird. And to me inexplicable. I don't like it. (And I don't particularly want to waste time trying to track down the cause. I suspect it's not remembering my config properly.)
explaining your setup and what you want is fine but did not lead to the problem you experience and describe. you are the admin of your linux box and you did something which you cannot remember that made a change to your system which you do not like or want. do not blame the software or the developers or .... the origin of your problem can be seen when you look into the mirror. you could always go to windows where the provider tells you what you can do and how you can do it and receives much pay for channeling your efforts to their advantage. or you can try to systematically try and/or investigate the suggestions provided here. the rest of the conversation about wants or don't wants and like or dislikes only consume time and cause frustration and wasted efforts. sorry I must stop now, I do not wish to be as verbose as .... -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org