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By: kdesu not using sudo

kdesu not using sudo — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:12:27 +0000

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By: KDEsu and sudo

KDEsu and sudo — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:22:04 +0000

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By: kdesu not accepting my root password - openSUSE Forums

kdesu not accepting my root password - openSUSE Forums — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:16:58 +0000

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By: yast ask for password - openSUSE Forums

yast ask for password - openSUSE Forums — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:11:17 +0000

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By: self inflicted wound--root password - openSUSE Forums

self inflicted wound--root password - openSUSE Forums — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:58:29 +0000

[...] in openSUSE 11.0 – openSUSE Forums …then the easiest way is to follow the instructions here: Default kdesu to use sudo and not su | Ben Kevan’s Blog It depends on which version of KDE you are using (if you are using KDE of course!), It makes the [...]

By: ben.kevan

ben.kevan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:45:48 +0000

JP,

Make sure you use double – and not a single -. WordPress puts a double – into a single -.. so copy and paste will not work.

I’ll have to fix this when I have time.

Thanks

By: JP

JP — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:42:52 +0000

Doesn’t seem to work. It accepts the suoder password but no application is launched when typed from the shell( example kdesu /sbin/yast2 ) it just sits there. If I launch it from root it opens.

By: ben.kevan

ben.kevan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:02:59 +0000

Loni from http://forums.opensuse.org posted this:

Did some research, discovered I have TWO versions of kwriteconfig (and
others!) installed, one for kde3, another for kde4. imagine it’s because
I’m running 3.5.9, but with some 4.x apps, so I get both runtimes.

This can cause issues, because the two programs use slightly different syntax,
the KDE4 kwriteconfig app uses single dash ‘-’ for options while the KDE3
version uses double-dash ‘–’. grrr!

Better solution is to actually create the file entry that command is
*supposed* to be doing.

look in .kde/share/config and .kde4/share/config for a file named ‘kdesurc’.

If it doesn’t exist, create a new file named ‘kdesurc’.

Add these two lines to the file:

[super-user-command]
super-user-command=sudo

I did both .kde and .kde4 to make sure I catch whichever kdesu is called (v3
or v4).

This has worked for me, on both 32bit and 64bit systems, opensuse 11.0, KDE
3.5.9 installs. Should also fix KDE4.x systems.

Loni

Thanks for that update Loni..

By: Gabriel Ross

Gabriel Ross — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:30:21 +0000

Thank you!!! That was driving me crazy!

By: Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:00:20 +0000

thanks for the tip! it works!

By: Truco KDE para tu openSUSE 11.0: KDESU usando sudo

Truco KDE para tu openSUSE 11.0: KDESU usando sudo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:33:24 +0000

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By: [^BgTA^]

[^BgTA^] — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:14:47 +0000

Blake:

cd ~/.kde4/share/config

edit kdesurc

Add this lines:

[super-user-command]
super-user-command=sudo

Work on my opensuse 11.0 KDE 4.0

By: ben.kevan

ben.kevan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:45 +0000

Thank you for pointing that out Tom.

Blake, and others using this.. please note that – in front of group and key are actually 2 dashes

- – and not just one dash – (there is no space inbetween them)

By: tom

tom — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:28:13 +0000

Thanks a lot, I had the same annoying problem. For “copy and paste” users, please replace the “–” with “–” in your command.

By: blake

blake — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:43:14 +0000

It didn’t work on my system openSUSE11, using KDE 4.1 beta if that makes any difference. But thanks for trying .

By: How to solve kdesu�s prompt for a password in openSUSE 11.0 - openSUSE Forums

How to solve kdesu�s prompt for a password in openSUSE 11.0 - openSUSE Forums — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:56:42 +0000

[...] How to solve kdesu�s prompt for a password in openSUSE 11.0 "Have you recently installed openSUSE 11.0 and added: username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL Into your /etc/sudoers files, only to find out now when you launch yast it still prompts for a password?" Ben Kevan’s Blog > Default kdesu to use sudo and not su [...]