Re: Gnome and root permission (bug?)
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Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 11:07 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
>> On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 16:04 +0200, Mauro wrote:
>>
>>> I've just installed debian SID and I've chosen to try GNOME. Now
>>> everytime I execute an administration application (time-admin,
>>> services-admin, etc.) I must specify the root password. The
>>> applications always say "Wrong password". If I login root with gdm the
>>> problem persist.
>>>
>> It is not asking for the root password. It is asking for your password.
>> This is a feature of using things like "sudo"
>
> The "root" things, I failed to see in my last response. But the user
> logged in, and t asking for a password is aimed at having an "sudo"
> mechanism in place.
That looks more like a Ubuntu type thing to me. Debian's gnome should
be asking for the root password to perform administrative functions, not
a the user password, unless of course it is actually calling gksudo to
do the functions.
Since I don't use gnome, I could be wrong, but KDE always wants the root
password when doing things like mentioned above.
Joe
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