On Aug 25, 2006, at 12:57 AM, John Andersen wrote:
Somewhere after the last update, kdesu will not accept my root password anymore, such as when I want to run Yast. (OpenSUSE 10.1 KDE 3.5.4(a))
If I open a shell, I can su to root with that password with no problem. So the password is good, but any attempt to use it in the pop-up that KDE puts up results in bad password?
What's up with that? Is this a known bug? Worked till last week.
Now see... when it happened to me on older versions I thought I was nuts. The only difference is mine didn't work with su. It was easier for me to first reinstall... it started for me with 9.0, then 9.1. I don't remember if it happened with 10.0. I've never used 10.1. But, I always ran KDE. I thought I was loosen my marbles. I started making it something very easy and writing it down on a post it and sticking it on the box. (internal file server so not a huge security risk) It would still "lose" root password. I never did figure it out. If you do, post it here or to me directly, please? Thanks, George