do su in konsole to get to root status and then type in the kde line which asked for password in the console. it will bring you to the screen where u can change the time. L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On 10/18/06, Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login > > in > > > kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed the > > > locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus appearance. I > > tried > > > to delete encription in /etc/shadow and redone passwd command. Still I > > have > > > problem in KDE. Any solution? > > > > > For security reasons, the display managers xdm, kdm and gdm are > > configured by default to prohibit login as root. > > > May be I was not so clear. I was not doing login as root. I am working only > as user. Only to correct time I was trying. Then I was asked root password. > Now I know from other posts, there is a bug inkdesu. > > You can login as a > > regular user and use su or sudo. By the way, what do you mean you tried > > to delete encryption in /etc/shadow? If you edited that file by hand, > > you might not be able to login or su as root at all (like Ubuntu!) > > > I deleted encripted password in shadow and did passwd command. > > -- > > L.V.Gandhi > > http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ > > linux user No.205042 > > ------=_Part_144267_3660856.1161143088476 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 > X-Google-AttachSize: 1838 > > <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/18/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill > Marcum</b> <<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>> > wrote:</span> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px > 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, > L.V.Gandhi wrote:<br>> As root I can login in konsole. But with same > password, I couldn't login in > <br>> kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed > the<br>> locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus > appearance. I tried<br>> to delete encription in /etc/shadow and redone > passwd command. Still I have > <br>> problem in KDE. Any solution?<br>><br>For security reasons, the > display managers xdm, kdm and gdm are<br>configured by default to prohibit > login as root.</blockquote> > <div> </div> > <div>May be I was not so clear. I was not doing login as root. I am working > only as user. Only to correct time I was trying. Then I was asked root > password. Now I know from other posts, there is a bug inkdesu.</div><br> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px > 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> You can login as a<br>regular > user and use su or sudo. By the way, what do you mean you > tried<br>to delete encryption in /etc/shadow? If you edited that > file by hand, > <br>you might not be able to login or su as root at all (like > Ubuntu!)</blockquote> > <div> </div> > <div>I deleted encripted password in shadow and did passwd command. </div><br> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px > 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-- <br>L.V.Gandhi<br><a > href="http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/";>http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/</a><br>linux > user No.205042 > </blockquote></div> > > ------=_Part_144267_3660856.1161143088476--
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