On 2019-07-24 19:23:32 David C. Rankin wrote: > On 07/21/2019 09:02 PM, J Leslie Turriff wrote: > > On 2019-07-21 18:22:10 Mike Bird wrote: > >> On Sun July 21 2019 12:14:48 J Leslie Turriff wrote: > >>> For quite a while now I've been unable to use TDEsu to open utilities > >>> that require root access, e.g. TDM configuration. TDEsu freezes after > >>> I enter the root password and press Enter. > >> > >> I see only one problem with your file permissions. tdesud should be > >> setgrp in the nogroup group, not the root group. > >> > >> tdesu is not designed for command line use. It is a graphical interface > >> which uses /bin/su behind the scenes. > >> > >> Does su (or sudo) work for you from the command line? > >> > >> What happens if you click - T-menu / Trinity Control Center / System > >> Administration / Monitor and Display - and enter your root password? > >> > >> --Mike > > > > I only issued the tdesu call from the command line to see if there were > > any error messages from it. my command was tdesu -u root -c yast2 > > su and sudo both work; they do not depend on any Trinity components. > > The same problem occurs if I try to invoke any component of kControl > > that requires the root password. The TDEsu dialog opens, but after > > entering the password it locks up. > > > > After changing the group ownership and adding the sgid bit to tdesud, > > the same thing happens. > > I have a VERY OLD note that KDE/TDE defaults to using su instead of sudo > and that can cause issues in some instances. You can change kdesu to use > sudo instead with the following: > > kwriteconfig --file kdesurc --group super-user-command --key > super-user-command sudo > > (you change back by using su instead of sudo in the above) > > I have not had trouble in the past few years, but it is worth a test. Because OpenSuSE, the distro I use, has traditionally used both su and sudo for system administration, many (most?) OpenSuSE users are not averse to using either or both of them; the distro seems to expect that su will be used for administration. Leslie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
