On 01/27/2017 02:45 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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2. How is this done that konsole in /usr/bin asks for pwd and a copy in a different dir not ? check permissions

ls -la /usr/bin/konsole

Also check your konsole profiles and your launching icon. KDE comes with two, one of which calls a profile of "root shell". -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Thanks, this was the cause, I had selected the wrong profile. The configfile is ".config/konsolerc" Op 28-01-17 04:39, David C. Rankin schreef:

On 01/27/2017 03:08 PM, Hans de Faber wrote:

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Since some time I can no longer run konsole as a non root user!

If a start konsole it asks always for the root password.

user hans (non root):

dolphin ==> cd /usr/bin and start konsole , konsole asks for rootpassword.

copy konsole to /home/hans/bin and start it from there konsole doesnot ask for the rootpasssword.

Question:

1. Is it correct that /usr/bin/konsole always asks for the rootpassword ?

2. How is this done that konsole in /usr/bin asks for pwd and a copy in a different dir not ?

Thanks, Hans

What happened is you opened konsole and then su'ed to root and change the console settings and hose "save as default".

So konsole thinks you want the root user as the default. In the old days, you simple deleted '.kde/share/config/konsolerc'.

I don't know what the new name under kde4 or plasma/Frameworks5 is, but just look for a similar file, and delete it to restore the default.

Otherwise, as already said, launch 'konsole --profiles' and take a look at the different profiles you can choose to start, and if a non-root option is available, choose it, then reconfigure konsole as you like, and "save as default" again but NOT AS root.

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On 28/01/17 13:13, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 2017-01-28 04:39, David C. Rankin wrote:

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What happened is you opened konsole and then su'ed to root and change the console settings and hose "save as default".

So konsole thinks you want the root user as the default. In the old days, you simple deleted '.kde/share/config/konsolerc'.

I don't know what the new name under kde4 or plasma/Frameworks5 is, but just look for a similar file, and delete it to restore the default.

Otherwise, as already said, launch 'konsole --profiles' and take a look at the different profiles you can choose to start, and if a non-root option is available, choose it, then reconfigure konsole as you like, and "save as default" again but NOT AS root.

Wow. It takes what you run inside the shell as an indication to run as root!

Looks like it. Whenever I do a su inside konsole, it seems to remember it on shutdown

Isn't that a hole? It gives you root without entering a password?

and it asks me for the root password to restore the root shell. Trouble is, when I decline, it often doesn't seem to realise, and hassles me repeatedly on future logins. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org