Bug 124396 - automatic root access after initial access
Summary: automatic root access after initial access
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: konsole
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konsole Developer
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Reported: 2006-03-28 06:11 UTC by appsdev
Modified: 2006-03-30 17:22 UTC (History)
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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?