Bug 210925

Summary:	kdesu error when change to root
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.2	Reporter:	Chema Ollés <jmolles>
Component:	KDE	Assignee:	E-mail List <kde-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	andreas.hanke
Version:	Alpha 5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Chema Ollés 2006-10-08 12:32:18 UTC

From my last upgrade of system this is what obtain when I change to root:
chema@linux:~/pelis> kdesu -c "smart --gui"
kdesu (kdelibs): ERROR: su has exited while waiting for pwd.
And I can't do it.
This is my kde system:
kdegraphics3-fax-3.5.5-2
kdemultimedia3-3.5.5-2
kdegraphics3-postscript-3.5.5-2
kdepim3-networkstatus-3.5.5-2
kdeartwork3-kscreensaver-3.5.5-2
kdeaddons3-kicker-3.5.5-2
kdebindings3-javascript-3.5.5-2
kdemultimedia3-sound-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-extra-3.5.5-3
kdeartwork3-sound-3.5.5-2
kdeutils3-3.5.5-2
kdeartwork3-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-nsplugin-3.5.5-3
kdemultimedia3-mixer-3.5.5-2
kdeadmin3-3.5.5-2
kde3-i18n-es-3.5.4-70.5
kdelibs3-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-SuSE-10.2-30
kdeaddons3-kate-3.5.5-2
kdegraphics3-kamera-3.5.5-2
kdeaddons3-konqueror-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-3.5.5-3
kdegraphics3-3.5.5-2
kdegraphics3-pdf-3.5.5-2
kdelibs3-doc-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-ksysguardd-3.5.5-3
kdebase3-session-3.5.5-3
NetworkManager-kde-0.1r588481-3
kdeartwork3-xscreensaver-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-samba-3.5.5-3
kdelibs3-arts-3.5.5-2
kdemultimedia3-CD-3.5.5-2
kdebase3-kdm-3.5.5-3
kdenetwork3-3.5.5-2
kdebindings3-python-3.5.5-2

Regards

Comment 1 Andreas Hanke 2006-10-08 12:50:32 UTC

Already known, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs

Please test the next round of Factory updates, use "su" until then.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 208272 ***