> Which lets me use aptitude and ifconfig without ever giving a password. > However, adding /usr/bin/kpackage to the list, and then invoking it with > kdesu still prompts It's probably because in Debian KDE was compiled with shadow support.
------- Original message ------- From: Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: keeping passwords Date: 31 Август 2005 14:33 > Graham Smith wrote: > > I was wondering if KDE has the ability to keep passwords for longer than > > the current session / log in. The keep password feature (when running an > > application as a different user) doesn't work as I would have excepted it > > to as it only keeps the password for the duration of the login. > > It does? It never seemed to work for me, so I stopped using it. > > > For instance, I use synaptic to update my desktop machine. I would like > > to have the ability to supply the root password just once and have it > > remembered indefinitely. > > There must be a better way. For sudo, it's better to modify /etc/sudoers > like mine: > > derek ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/aptitude, /sbin/ifconfig > > Which lets me use aptitude and ifconfig without ever giving a password. > However, adding /usr/bin/kpackage to the list, and then invoking it with > kdesu still prompts. > -- > derek
