On Thursday 24 December 2009 09:35:24 spir wrote: > Hello, > > I'm aware this question is ~ OT, not really kde related, but have no idea > where else to post it, and surely many people here know the answer. To > install new software (actually, the language Io, for which there seems to > be no package), I had to type: > > su -c "sudo make aptget" > > This will not work. I'm asked for a password, then get "su: Authentication > failure". Well, this simply cannot be, for I have only one admin password > AFAIK and it works fine for sudo and kdesudo. I tried an old password I > had long time ago (changed to make it more difficult), in case the one for > 'su' may have sticked to old times while the one for sudo has changed, but > it is not accepted neither. > > I take the opportunity to ask about the use of 'su' in a normal user > session. Also, is there another way to perform the above action? > > Denis > ________________________________ > > la vita e estrany > > http://spir.wikidot.com/ > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. > What happpens, when you only type "sudo make install"? Btw, it is always helpful to mention your distribution if calling for help especially when you know you are - as you already wrote above - absolute offtopic. Steven
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