Problems with kdesu...

[James Richard Tyrer]

Ixen wrote:
> Hello.
> I have a small problem with using kdesu on my user. I have created a
> file /etc/suauth to skip the need to enter the admin password when
> using standard su, but when the file exists then I cannot use any
> module from the control center in Admin mode. Module states 'Loading'
> and that's it. After file removal there is no problem.
> Using Slackware-current (past 9.1) (2004-04-29), kde 3.2.2 (problem appeared also
> in 3.2.1. don't know anything about previous versions).

Most unfortunately, KDE-3.2.2 was released with a serious bug in KDESU.

http://www.kde.org/info/3.2.2.php

The patch:

http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/kdesu/su.cpp.diff?r1=1.32.2.2&r2=1.32.2.3

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JRT
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