[newbie] pw prompt/sudo

2004-04-13 Thread Steve Hammond
Hmmm

Got a new harddrive, reinstalled Mandrake 9.2use GNOME, have a good idea 
of what i'm doing during install so I don't think i did anything drastically 
different from previous ones.

However, since install, over half of my applications/launchers/etc can't be 
run as any user outside of root.  plus, instead of just prompting me for 
root pws on applicable stuff, i.e. rpmdrake, harddrake, and the like, it 
just pops a window on me quoting insufficient rights.

I thought this might have something to do with sudo (not too familiar with 
the program, it's just that it was suggested on a linuxhelp channel.  I 
wasn't really sure where to start with sudo (except that I knew I had it), 
so I tried removing it and then recompiling it.  As far as I know, it got 
reinstalled properly, but did nothing to change my situation.

I'm thinking this lack of access to half my launchers is the reason why i 
can't get anything on my menu unless i recompile them.

Thanks in advance,
-stv
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Re: [newbie] pw prompt/sudo

2004-04-13 Thread Ian MacGregor
Hi, I am running Mandrake 10.0 Community and ran into the same problem. I 
found a solution that, maybe, can help you as well. I am not familiar with 
Mandrake 9.2, but, maybe this can help.

Click Menu-System-Configuration-Configure your computer. You will asked for 
the root account password, enter it, and the drakconf window (Mandrake Conrol 
Center) will be displayed. Choose 'Security' and then 'Levels and Checks'.
You will be met with a window that has some tabs. Check that the correct 
settings are set for ALL these tabs.

I found that Mandrake had higher security than I was used to in Fedora Core 
and some of these settings would not allow me to run certain programs. After 
adjusting these settings, I could run all my programs. I felt good about 
Mandrake's security. Much better than any other distro I had used.

Hope this works for you.

Regards,
Ian MacGregor

On Tuesday 13 April 2004 7:39 pm, Steve Hammond wrote:
 Hmmm

 Got a new harddrive, reinstalled Mandrake 9.2use GNOME, have a good
 idea of what i'm doing during install so I don't think i did anything
 drastically different from previous ones.

 However, since install, over half of my applications/launchers/etc can't be
 run as any user outside of root.  plus, instead of just prompting me for
 root pws on applicable stuff, i.e. rpmdrake, harddrake, and the like, it
 just pops a window on me quoting insufficient rights.

 I thought this might have something to do with sudo (not too familiar with
 the program, it's just that it was suggested on a linuxhelp channel.  I
 wasn't really sure where to start with sudo (except that I knew I had it),
 so I tried removing it and then recompiling it.  As far as I know, it got
 reinstalled properly, but did nothing to change my situation.

 I'm thinking this lack of access to half my launchers is the reason why i
 can't get anything on my menu unless i recompile them.

 Thanks in advance,
 -stv

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