Have you actually tested to check that kcheckpass is authenticating you? It needs to be owned by root and setuid root (chown root.root kcheckpass; chmod +s kcheckpass) Try running kcheckpass in konsole, and then typing in the password for that user. If it says authentication failure please check your permissions. -- JH KDE frequently asked questions: http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/faq/ panic("esp_handle: current_SC == penguin within interrupt!"); ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.