On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 13:41 -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > If I run any of the tools found in the Desktop -> Administration menu, > explicitly from that menu, Gnome asks me for the root password. I enter > the root password and it tells me I entered an invalid password. > However, if I run any of those same admin tools from the Applications -> > Debian -> Apps -> System menu Gnome accepts the root password and they > run just fine. > > Does anyone know what is going on with this? I do the vast majority of > my work from the bash prompt, but on occasion I will want to just look > at a setting and will choose to do that from the gui tools. Although > this problem is easily worked around I'm stumped as to why this is > happening. > > BTW, this behavior started when I changed the behavior of sudo from the > Debian default of not requiring a password to requiring one. I've since > reversed that to see if that is responsible for the change in behavior > in the gui, but it has made no difference whatsoever. > > Any clues as to where to look would be appreciated. Hi, g-s-t, when launched from the gnome menu, uses gksu for authorisation, when launched from the debian menu, it uses something built in, i think. gksu can be configured via gconf-editor. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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