"Lord And Master;)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> 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!
> ;)
thanks, bug reported :)
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Subject: [FUN] bug#323: kdesu fails with tcsh as the root shell
package: kdesu
version: 0.97-1mdk
quoting a mail on expert ml.
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.
| > >
| > > 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.
| > >
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