Alex ZIJDENBOS wrote:
> I've finally found what the problem with kdesu is. Or at least, what
> the cause is: kdesu doesn't work when root uses tcsh.
>
> Personally I grew up with tcsh and never could get used to (ba)sh, so
> one of the first things I do when installing linux is to change all
> shells to tcsh...
>
> -- Alex
>
> On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 07:31:45PM +0000, Lord And Master;) wrote:
> | drosh wrote:
> |
> | > Alex ZIJDENBOS wrote:
> | > >
> | > > I am not able to get kdesu to work. I like the idea of the linuxconf
> | > > icon on my desktop, but as a non-root user haven't been able to use
> | > > it (I'm running Mandrake 6.1).
> | > >
> | > > Even if I run kdesu -c from the command line, it just exits after it
> | > > takes the password. It does start up kdesud though, and it also
> | > > creates the command script in /tmp.
> | > >
> | > > The closest I've gotten is that the script in /tmp is not created
> | > > executable (it's created -rw-------). When I run su -c "/tmp/<script>"
> | > > after making <script> executable by hand, it does start the
> | > > application correctly.
> | > >
> | > > Am I missing something? Or is this a bug in kdesu or mandrake?
> | > >
> | > > Thanks,
> | > >
> | > > -- Alex
> | >
> | > It is can be happen when u you are upgrading from other version your
> | > system.
> | > With new install everything working just fine.
> | > --
> | > "In Theory there is no difference between Theory and Practice,
> | > but in Practice there is."
> |
> | Ummm I have installed 6.1 fresh and I have the same thing happen, have
> | tried nomourous times to get it to work with no luck.
> |
> | -- John
Thanks for the info. sure enough after changing the root's shell back to bash
all workes fine now. Now we just need someone to fix the problem!
;)
