Bug 340431

Summary:	when trying to use my root password the Konsole does not recognize it
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	michael <michael>
Component:	kpart	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	major	CC:	arjunak234
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://konsole.kde.orghttp://
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description michael 2014-10-28 15:10:57 UTC

when I use the su command and type my password it will not authenticate so I have no way to get root permissions in the Konsole

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open Konsole 
2.type su command
3.enter password
4. authentication failure

Actual Results:  
 authentication failure for root permission 

Expected Results:  
nothing just went back to cursor 

authenticated my password

Comment 1 Arjun AK 2014-10-28 15:17:05 UTC

Are you sure you are typing the right password? Are you using the right keyboard layout?

Try copy-pasting the password.

Comment 2 michael 2014-10-28 15:52:37 UTC

(In reply to Arjun AK from comment #1)
> Are you sure you are typing the right password? Are you using the right
> keyboard layout?
> 
> Try copy-pasting the password.

I did, same result

Comment 3 michael 2014-10-28 16:01:22 UTC

yes the keyboard layout is correct and it is the correct password

Comment 4 Arjun AK 2014-11-29 10:06:23 UTC

First of all make sure that the output of "which su" is "/bin/su". Then run su under strace ( ie "strace su"). 
Enter your password when prompted for. Now use konsole's search function to search for your password. 
You should get two matches:

read(0, "HUNTER2\n", 123) = 8
write(56, "HUNTER2\0", 8) = 8

Where HUNTER2 is your password and the last number is the length of your password + 1. If everything seems to be right, then either your password is wrong or it is an upstream bug.

Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2014-12-13 20:21:34 UTC

If you can provide the information requested in comment #4, please add it.

Comment 6 Arjun AK 2014-12-13 20:41:02 UTC

You have SUID set on '/bin/su' right?  Does this work with xterm?

Comment 7 Christoph Feck 2015-01-15 01:22:31 UTC

No response, changing status. If you have more information, please add a comment.