Bug 112639

Summary: Program is launched as root, but in Ubuntu it needs only the normal user password. Can't get to administrator mode. Password is identified as user password though (using an other password generates fault messasge)
Product: [Applications] kdesu Reporter: Ruud Beukema <ruudbeukema>
Component: generalAssignee: kdesu bugs tracker <kdesu-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Ruud Beukema 2005-09-15 08:19:49 UTC 
Version:           2.0 (using KDE 3.4.0, Debian Package 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 (3.1))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.10-5-386

Kubuntu standard has no <b>root</b> account, but lets normal user log into Kcontrol. Meanwhile I've added a root account (to make some things easier).

In the Control Center I can't get to administrator mode. I've tried to use my root password, but I get a 'wrong password' message. Using my normal user account password doesn't result in such a message, but I don't go to administrator mode. Instead I go to the introduction screen of the Control Center. (This is the same story as described in an earlier BugReport)

I've tried kdesudo kcenter and kcenter as root from the command line, but both don't work.
Comment 1 Jonathan Riddell 2005-09-15 23:31:27 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 61850 ***