i am no desktop user of linux, so this is rather new to me, i have always been using linux for many years on server side and console. want to give an easy opensuse system to a friend, a total computer newbie themselves. so i installed opensuse 11.4, install process created one user, that users pass did not become the roots pass. simple kde desktop. question is about how to configure opensuse the most simple but still secure way, so that this normal useraccount can do all the onlineupdates and isnt bothered with multiple passes such as root and their own for configuration if once needed. i thought about sudo and kdesu (and found some kderc or such config file in the users homedirectory) which would allow for using the users passwords instead of the rootpassword. only there seems to be some weird app on the kde desktop that comes up from time to time and says that it needs root password for proxy configuration and all that, although nobody is using a proxy anywhere, its some packagekit or such app, and i am rather confused as i have only known about that yast2 online_update module or some other kind of kde notifyer symbol, and this 11.4 system seems to have two distinct things here, the packagekit is the one that creates the problems and hassle. also it sometimes hogs and blocks the system and even zypper up and so on cant progress because of package blocking rpm database or such stuff. anyways, so what is a good way of giving a simple opensuse system to a newby enduser for simple desktop usage, so that a rootpassword is never being needed for the user, but the user should supply their own password once more instead to be able to execute the administrative tasks. or is there any better way to configure a secure and simple desktop for newbie users without confusing them too much? maybe i am too confused and trying too complicated things and there are more elegant ways. thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org