Re: keeping passwords
> Which lets me use aptitude and ifconfig without ever giving a password.
> However, adding /usr/bin/kpackage to the list, and then invoking it with
> kdesu still prompts
It's probably because in Debian KDE was compiled with shadow support.
------- Original message -------
From: Derek Broughton <news@pointerstop.ca>
To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: keeping passwords
Date: 31 Август 2005 14:33
> Graham Smith wrote:
> > I was wondering if KDE has the ability to keep passwords for longer than
> > the current session / log in. The keep password feature (when running an
> > application as a different user) doesn't work as I would have excepted it
> > to as it only keeps the password for the duration of the login.
>
> It does? It never seemed to work for me, so I stopped using it.
>
> > For instance, I use synaptic to update my desktop machine. I would like
> > to have the ability to supply the root password just once and have it
> > remembered indefinitely.
>
> There must be a better way. For sudo, it's better to modify /etc/sudoers
> like mine:
>
> derek ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/aptitude, /sbin/ifconfig
>
> Which lets me use aptitude and ifconfig without ever giving a password.
> However, adding /usr/bin/kpackage to the list, and then invoking it with
> kdesu still prompts.
> --
> derek
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