On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > > I am (still!) running M6.0. When i select kdsu from the KDE menu, i get a
> > > dialog box that tells me to enter the root password...unfortunately, it
> > > seems that each character is echoed three (!) times ...the result is that it
> > > is never accepted and that i must su through a console...
> > > Does anyone else have that problem too?
> >
> > Marc....yep, it happens on the selection from utilities, but you can use
> > the file manager selection from system and it works correctly, as if
> > you'd done a "su -".
> >
> > Alan
>
> no it dosn't:( lol
> says "DISPLAY:0:0 command not found"
>
Ok...try this. "xhost + localhost" or "xhost + <some.ip.address>"
BEFORE running SU -
John
