On Wednesday 24 September 2003 08:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 2:45 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 12:53, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > I am using Gnome as my desktop. > > > > > The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager > > > > > super user mode..It did not ask me for my root password, > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > James, I'm puzzled why FileManager SUMode didn't ask for the root > > > password. Would this happen if he hadn't created any users? > > > Could that be the real problem? It's trying to know what to ask > > > him that's my problem. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Anne, > > File Manager Super User Mode doesn't ask and DOESN'T put you into > > su mode in Gnome, though it does both in KDE, at least on my 9.1 > > installation. Dunno why. It's not a question of having logged in as > > root. I've made a note of this in one of the TWiki entries > > somewhere. > > > > DougB > > That's incredible! There isn't much point in it, in that case. I > wonder if he would be prepared to stick to kde until he has things up > and running and explore other dms later. I'll suggest it to him. > hahah yup. I have another one for you. Make a super duper encrypted file system with a minimum of 16 characters. So when it is booted or mounted it requires a password. (naturally) Now, open the control center and go into mount points and mount the d#@ thing. No password! I was pretty much blown away by that, but I guess they figure if you are root, you should be able to mount anything. Kind of defeats the whole purpose in my mind. :)
> Anne
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