Re: password problem in kde

["seeds" <catharcyst@gmail.com>]

do su in konsole to get to root status and then type in the kde line
which asked for password in the console. it will bring you to the
screen where u can change the time.
L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> On 10/18/06, Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > > As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login
> > in
> > > kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed the
> > > locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus appearance. I
> > tried
> > > to delete encription in /etc/shadow and redone passwd command. Still I
> > have
> > > problem in KDE. Any solution?
> > >
> > For security reasons, the display managers xdm, kdm and gdm are
> > configured by default to prohibit login as root.
>
>
> May be I was not so clear. I was not doing login as root. I am working only
> as user. Only to correct time I was trying. Then I was asked root password.
> Now I know from other posts, there is a bug inkdesu.
>
>   You can login as a
> > regular user and use su or sudo.  By the way, what do you mean you tried
> > to delete encryption in /etc/shadow?  If you edited that file by hand,
> > you might not be able to login or su as root at all (like Ubuntu!)
>
>
> I deleted encripted password in shadow and did passwd command.
>
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> > L.V.Gandhi
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> > linux user No.205042
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> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/18/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill Marcum</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:bmarcum@iglou.com";>bmarcum@iglou.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote:<br>&gt; As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login in
> <br>&gt; kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed the<br>&gt; locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus appearance. I tried<br>&gt; to delete encription in /etc/shadow and redone passwd command. Still I have
> <br>&gt; problem in KDE. Any solution?<br>&gt;<br>For security reasons, the display managers xdm, kdm and gdm are<br>configured by default to prohibit login as root.</blockquote>
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> <div>May be I was not so clear. I was not doing login as root. I am working only as user. Only to correct time I was trying. Then I was asked root password. Now I know from other posts, there is a bug inkdesu.</div><br>
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">&nbsp;&nbsp;You can login as a<br>regular user and use su or sudo.&nbsp;&nbsp;By the way, what do you mean you tried<br>to delete encryption in /etc/shadow?&nbsp;&nbsp;If you edited that file by hand,
> <br>you might not be able to login or su as root at all (like Ubuntu!)</blockquote>
> <div>&nbsp;</div>
> <div>I deleted encripted password in shadow and did passwd command. </div><br>
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-- <br>L.V.Gandhi<br><a href="http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/";>http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/</a><br>linux user No.205042
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