Re: Fwd: su/kdesu not working [SOLVED]

2009-12-13 Thread Joachim Backes
On 12/13/2009 09:22 AM, Dj YB wrote: I am so happy you have no idea!!! ok so the solution was to remove coreutils without removing it since it requires removing about the entire os. solution found here http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2006-10/msg00759.html rpm -e --nodeps --just

Fwd: su/kdesu not working [SOLVED]

2009-12-13 Thread Dj YB
I am so happy you have no idea!!! ok so the solution was to remove coreutils without removing it since it requires removing about the entire os. solution found here http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2006-10/msg00759.html rpm -e --nodeps --justdb coreutils yum install coreutils an

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-12-05 Thread Dj YB
On Monday November 9 2009 18:47:30 you wrote: > Dj YB wrote: > >> # strace -u foo -f su - > > > > wow that was incredibly long output > > > > the important line was about 1023 times repeating > > > > [pid 24172] close(3) = 0 > > [pid 24172] close(4) = 0 > > [pid 24172] close(5) = -1 (EBADF) bad fil

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Roberto Ragusa
Dj YB wrote: >> # strace -u foo -f su - >> > > wow that was incredibly long output > > the important line was about 1023 times repeating > > [pid 24172] close(3) = 0 > [pid 24172] close(4) = 0 > [pid 24172] close(5) = -1 (EBADF) bad file descriptor > [pid 24172] close(6) = -1 (EBADF) bad file de

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Dj YB
On Monday November 9 2009 17:37:51 Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Roberto Ragusa said: > > Chris Adams wrote: > > > Once upon a time, Roberto Ragusa said: > > >> Big hammer: > > >> strace -f su - > > > > > > You can't strace a setuid executable. > > > > You are right. > > Actually the e

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Roberto Ragusa said: > Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, Roberto Ragusa said: > >> Big hammer: > >> strace -f su - > > > > You can't strace a setuid executable. > > You are right. > Actually the execution will still happen, but with no root > authority, so it will not

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Roberto Ragusa
Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Roberto Ragusa said: >> Big hammer: >> strace -f su - > > You can't strace a setuid executable. You are right. Actually the execution will still happen, but with no root authority, so it will not be useful for debugging. Seeing some output incorrectly mad

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Roberto Ragusa said: > Big hammer: > strace -f su - You can't strace a setuid executable. -- Chris Adams Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redha

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Tom H
>> I am sorry to have to post this problem to the list, but I got no answer in >> the forum, and couldn't find one elsewere. >> I can login as root. >> when trying to su to root using "su" or "su -" i get "su: incorrect password" >> following some threads I added my user to the "wheel" group and tr

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-09 Thread Roberto Ragusa
Dj YB wrote: > I am sorry to have to post this problem to the list, but I got no answer in > the forum, and couldn't find one elsewere. > > I can login as root. > when trying to su to root using "su" or "su -" i get "su: incorrect password" > following some threads I added my user to the "wheel"

Re: su/kdesu not working

2009-11-08 Thread suvayu ali
2009/11/8 Dj YB : > I am sorry to have to post this problem to the list, but I got no answer in > the forum, and couldn't find one elsewere. > > I can login as root. > when trying to su to root using "su" or "su -" i get "su: incorrect password" > following some threads I added my user to the "whee

su/kdesu not working

2009-11-08 Thread Dj YB
I am sorry to have to post this problem to the list, but I got no answer in the forum, and couldn't find one elsewere. I can login as root. when trying to su to root using "su" or "su -" i get "su: incorrect password" following some threads I added my user to the "wheel" group and tried to edit

Re: kdesu not working

2009-06-23 Thread Martín Marqués
2009/6/23 Rex Dieter : > Martín Marqués wrote: > >> I was changing some preferences on KDE and bumped with a problem when >> trying to change kdm settings. kdesu asks for the root password, and >> after supplying it, it asks for it again (tried numerous times to >> enter it, with the same result).

Re: kdesu not working

2009-06-23 Thread Rex Dieter
Martín Marqués wrote: > I was changing some preferences on KDE and bumped with a problem when > trying to change kdm settings. kdesu asks for the root password, and > after supplying it, it asks for it again (tried numerous times to > enter it, with the same result). > > Is there something wrong

kdesu not working

2009-06-23 Thread Martín Marqués
I was changing some preferences on KDE and bumped with a problem when trying to change kdm settings. kdesu asks for the root password, and after supplying it, it asks for it again (tried numerous times to enter it, with the same result). Is there something wrong with kdesu? I'm with F11 with the