Thank you Benjamin
You had me worried for a while the first time when you said it didn't work for
you :)
Andrew
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> The credit for this solution belongs to Andrew, a member of our list. I
> apologize for not remembering his surname. I hope he comes through to
> confirm this.
>
> OK, the solution is a piece of cake (again, please take a bow, Andrew):
>
> On your Mandrake 6.1 desktop, right-click on the Update icon: actually
> not on the icon itself but on the caption "update" beneath. This will
> bring up a short menu with Properties as the last item on the menu. Open
> that and go into Execute, delete what's there and type:
>
> kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate
>
>
> Just like that. No quotes.
>
>
> Click OK.
>
> If necessary, log out of KDE and log back in (as user). You probably
> won't have to log out at all. The change should take effect immediately
> (unlike in Windows, where the slightest configuration chagne requires a
> reboot).
>
> Now just click on the Update icon (yellow star) on the Desktop. It will
> ask you for your root password right off. Remember to check the
> "remember password" part at left bottom of the dialogue box. And the
> rest is history.
>
> I had entered the command a few days ago, but tonight was my first
> chance to test it. There were two update rpms waiting for me. It worked
> flawlessly, fetching and installing the rpms AS USER (that is, as user
> who has automatically su - to root while still logged in as user in KDE.
>
> You can also open xterm and su - to root and type the same command.
> Should work just as well.
>
> Once Update remembers your password, it's all automatic and just plain
> fun to watch it to its updating for direct from the Internet's
> neverneverland. And you never have to leave KDE as user.
>
> It works, folks, and flawlessly.
>
> Yours,
>
> Benjamin
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