Bug 77387 - konsole super user mode shouldn't require password to be retyped
Summary: konsole super user mode shouldn't require password to be retyped
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kdebase
Version: 8.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Than Ngo
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-11-06 06:06 UTC by Joseph Shraibman
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-11-06 06:06:23 UTC
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Description Joseph Shraibman 2002-11-06 06:06:16 UTC
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Description of problem:
The whole point of the konsole in super user mode is to be able to hit the new
button to get a new root shell. The kde that ships with rh 8.0 has a konsole
super user mode that requires the user to type in the root password each time.

The command:
konsole --type su
should be replaced with:
kdesu konsole

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How reproducible:
Always

Additional info:

Why is the konsole super user mode buried under Extras => System Tools rather
than in the System Tools directly?  For that matter why is anything that is in
Extras in there?

It was a pain to track this down because unlike kde 2.x that I have installed on
my 6.x system my rh 8.0 system won't let me edit the menu or view the properties
of the entries.

Comment 1 Ngo Than 2002-11-06 10:53:11 UTC
yes, it should be started with kdesu. The kdebase-3.0.4-2 or newer includes this
fix.

In 8.0 there are only the applications, which mostly are used, in the KDE main
menu. And others are in Extra.

I can edit menu without any problem. Could you give me more details how i can
reproduce this problem, please?


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