KDE Sudo (solved)

[seaofpepsi48456]

Is there something wrong with kde sudo when the password is typed and and it says...Wrong Password,try again? i'm trying to open Adept Manager,Adept Installer does the same.


Problem Solved I was putting in the wrong password
blonde moment

[Snowhog]

Re: KDE Sudo

Nothing wrong with mine. I've opened Adept Manger several times today. You are typing the correct password, yes? With the Caps Lock key off

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: KDE Sudo

are you trying to keep root w/ sudo?

sudo su

instead

[tiger99]

Re: KDE Sudo - and kdesu

Just in case anyone here does not know, you use sudo to run a typical shell script or non-gui binary as root.

You can also use kdesu to start a GUI program as root, for instance (in a shell window)

kdesu kate

will get kate open as root, for editing system config files etc. Beats vi! (I still use vi, when I am in a hurry, but it is not fair to inflict vi or emacs on people who have learned computing on a Windoze GUI.)

kdesu does of course want the same password as sudo.

[DeathKitten]

Re: KDE Sudo - and kdesu

Just in case anyone here does not know, you use sudo to run a typical shell script or non-gui binary as root.

You can also use kdesu to start a GUI program as root, for instance (in a shell window)

kdesu kate

will get kate open as root, for editing system config files etc. Beats vi! (I still use vi, when I am in a hurry, but it is not fair to inflict vi or emacs on people who have learned computing on a Windoze GUI.)

kdesu does of course want the same password as sudo.

tiger99 makes a very important point here. You can potentially screw up your permission settings on your programs and otherwise break things by using sudo on gui commands/programs, instead of using the kdesu. So remember, gui = kdesu, and non-gui = sudo.