Bug 80049

Summary: kdesu does not accept root password
Product: [Applications] kdesu Reporter: Federico Zenith <zenith.federico>
Component: generalAssignee: kdesu bugs tracker <kdesu-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: major    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Federico Zenith 2004-04-21 10:32:07 UTC 
Version:           1.0 (using KDE KDE 3.2.2)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)
OS:          Linux

In kde 3.2.2, Qt 3.3.0, kdesu does not recognize the correct root password and reports an error. To reproduce, try getting administrator privileges in KControl, or run from Konsole:

$ kdesu -c echo "Hello world!"

The window will not accept the correct password (though the same password is accepted in Konsole when using su)

I have already heard another KDE'er having the same problem.
Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2004-04-21 11:15:14 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 78948 ***