Bug 124396

Summary:	automatic root access after initial access
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	appsdev
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description appsdev 2006-03-28 06:11:33 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.1)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs
OS:                Linux

All the following is froma user's desktop with desktop icons set to run in the konsole as root user.

I started chkrootkit from a desktop icon. The konsole asked for root access and it was given. The program finished normally.

I started rkhunter from a desktop icon and it asked for a root password but this ti e it did not. The program just continued as if it already had root access.

I opened a konsole and began the fc5 YUM update process. If I do not use sudo or I do not use su then I get some error messages. This time the YUM update process started automatically without me entering the root password.

It seems that once I entered the root password in one konsole something kept it and ran everything after as root.

Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2006-03-30 17:22:26 UTC

Sounds like a Fedora feature. Don't you see a shield in your system tray when/when not you entered the root password and it's cached?