78948 2004-04-03 01:42:45 +0000 kdesu tell wrong password 2008-06-18 23:00:59 +0000 1 1 2 Applications kdesu general 1.0 unspecified Linux RESOLVED FIXED NOR normal --- 0 giovanni kdesu-bugs-null casteyde.christian federico.zenith hubn3rd wiz 0 oldest_to_newest 221093 0 giovanni 2004-04-03 01:42:45 +0000 Version: 2.0 (using KDE 3.2.1, compiled sources) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.3 OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.5-rc3 If I use Controll Center to set some option like administrator it tells me: "Wrong password" but I typed it correctly. I take a console output to help you with this bug: kdesu -c "kcmshell kcmfontinst --lang it" kdesu (kdelibs): [process.cpp:263] Running `/bin/su' kdesu (kdelibs): [su.cpp:180] Read line <Password: > kdesu (kdelibs): [process.cpp:263] Running `/bin/su' kdesu (kdelibs): [su.cpp:180] Read line <Password: > kdesu (kdelibs): [process.cpp:350] Child pid 1099 kdesu (kdelibs): [su.cpp:180] Read line <> kdesu (kdelibs): [su.cpp:180] Read line <-c: -c: No such file or directory> 222694 1 david.pretty 2004-04-10 13:53:24 +0000 I'm having the same problem, using compiled sources (CVS, kdelibs from 4 April 2004) on gentoo gcc 3.3.3 Linux 2.6.3 though i can't see the console output you mention 223361 2 giovanni 2004-04-13 13:00:48 +0000 I fixed this bug with the attached patch. Pratically the line 81 in kdelibs/kdesu/su.cpp in KDE_3_2_BRANCH and into HEAD (if into HEAD it's yet present I don't checked if it is so because I did not compiled HEAD but I think it's so because the file is the same till 5 days ago) have to be deleted. If you tell me ok I can commit into BRANCH and HEAD. Created an attachment (id=5618) bugfix-78948.diff 223382 3 bastian 2004-04-13 13:32:52 +0000 Patch is not correct, we want to get a login shell. Does it help if you change: args += "-"; args += "-c"; args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; to args += "-c"; args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; args += "-"; ? 223400 4 giovanni 2004-04-13 15:13:24 +0000 > Patch is not correct, we want to get a login shell. > Well, I didn't understand how the things work, I just see the difference with a KDE 3.2.0 that it works. I tryed to understand the code, but in few time it's difficult. > Does it help if you change: > args += "-"; > args += "-c"; > args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; > to > args += "-c"; > args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; > args += "-"; > ? Yes. I tryed your suggest and it works. We can close this bug applying your chainge to KDE_3_2_BRANCH and to the HEAD into kdelibs/kdesu/su.cpp. 223401 5 giovanni 2004-04-13 15:15:40 +0000 > Patch is not correct, we want to get a login shell. > Well, I didn't understand how the things work, I just see the difference with a KDE 3.2.0 that it works. I tryed to understand the code, but in few time it's difficult. > Does it help if you change: > args += "-"; > args += "-c"; > args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; > to > args += "-c"; > args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; > args += "-"; > ? Yes. I tryed your suggest and it works. We can close this bug applying your chainge to KDE_3_2_BRANCH and to the HEAD into kdelibs/kdesu/su.cpp. 223404 6 bastian 2004-04-13 15:34:36 +0000 CVS commit by waba: put "-" after "-c <command>" (BR78948) CCMAIL: 78948-done@bugs.kde.org M +2 -2 su.cpp 1.35 --- kdelibs/kdesu/su.cpp #1.34:1.35 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int SuProcess::exec(const char *password else args += m_User; - args += "-"; args += "-c"; args += QCString(__KDE_BINDIR) + "/kdesu_stub"; + args += "-"; QCString command = __PATH_SU; 225482 7 binner 2004-04-21 11:15:18 +0000 *** Bug 80049 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 225484 8 binner 2004-04-21 11:16:06 +0000 *** Bug 80034 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 225490 9 binner 2004-04-21 11:31:31 +0000 *** Bug 80055 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 226274 10 ogantz01 2004-04-24 17:06:56 +0000 The bug made it into KDE 3.2.2. The fix mentioned above solves the problem. 233768 11 bastian 2004-05-17 21:50:02 +0000 *** Bug 81757 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 474975 12 heikomunz 2006-10-05 23:38:12 +0000 I have the same problem with kdesu in KDE 3.5.5. Debian SID Kernel 2.6.17 477321 13 korff 2006-10-16 16:19:12 +0000 Same here on Debian Etch. KDE 3.5.5, kernel 2.6.16-i686 478674 14 philipp.sternberg 2006-10-21 09:49:12 +0000 Yep, please reopen for kde 3.5.5 (Debian Etch, Kernel 2.6.17) 478897 15 ypihoh 2006-10-22 09:03:27 +0000 One more here.. Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.17-2-amd64, KDE 3.5.5 482241 16 f_marass 2006-11-01 22:08:28 +0000 Another one: Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-1, KDE 3.5.5 kdesu does not accept root password ("wrong password") 495394 17 MAHZZBYWBTWT 2006-12-21 23:03:06 +0000 I can confirm on suse 10.2 w/ kde 3.5.5 release 45 on kernel 2.6.18.2-34. kdesu does not accept root password ("wrong password") 497202 18 ragaprong 2006-12-31 15:22:37 +0000 Same problem here on some Debian systems/KDE 3.5. I think that the problem is that kdesu fails to interpret the reason for failure which seems to be that root is not allow to open X windows any more. If I open a Konsole, type host +, su - and then try to start any KDE application, I get also some error message for invalid display. If it is not possible to evaluate the error message from the called application, then I suggest to just change the error message string into: Error while trying to run $application with root privileges. Maybe you mistyped root password, or root has no access to current display. 497215 19 MAHZZBYWBTWT 2006-12-31 15:38:49 +0000 The comment I posted above is not valid, as I could trace back the error to a bug in the sudo - yast module. Using visudo manually fixes the prob for me. 498028 20 travisgevans 2007-01-04 07:32:37 +0000 Same issue here on SUSE 10.2 with KDE 3.5.5... but in my case, the problem is that the message is wrong. It prompts me for the root/administrator password, when what it really wants is my *user* password. When I enter my *user* password, it works. (I had added myself to the sudoers file and allowed myself to use sudo to run all commands as root by entering my user password). 498029 21 travisgevans 2007-01-04 07:34:38 +0000 Argh... 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