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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:58 PM, C
Just to clarify, the docs say: "By default, the system is set to use this password for the system administrator (also known as root)." So the behavior requested by the original poster is the *default* behavior for a _single_ user install. If an openSUSE 11.4 install is asking for a root password, then either the check box was cleared on installation, or it is a multi-user system. The first user defined will have a shared user/root password, and subsequent users will have their own password that is NOT linked to the root password.
well, i un-selected that option, so root has a distinct password from the single other normal user created durng setup process. i wonder if i am thinking things too complcated. i thought the sudo and related stuff were good things as the logfiles would contain information when the normal user executes the administrative tasks this way, but not needing to memorize a second root password nor jeopardizing the root account with too silly or stupid passwords. even if the normal user has a silly or smallish password it would still be needed to supplied over again if an administrative task is needed to be started. that was the idea of that kde-config file i found in some faq or wiki entry and the sudo/kdesu method. my main problem was so far that this additional stupid applet or whatever it is this packagekit or so still asks for roots password and i fail to understand why there is this packagekit way of getting onlineupdates, then the yast2 gui way which i used to knew until now. they dont seem to be identical. the yast2 obeys the users password via kdesu/sudo packagekit needs root and is additionally seemingly only asking for some proxy configutation nobody seems to have triggered anyway in the first place. sigh :( can i simply uninstall packagekit madness, or what is the bestpractices on the kde desktop for the suse updates? on the bug mailinglist and elsewhere i also read about this proxy question annoyance even in 12.1, so there seems to be something wrong there. about the password/installtime stuff: why set root and firstusers password to the same? that doesnt sound sane to me, does it? thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org