On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 13:15 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On 10/04/07, HappyEvilSlosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (network-admin:20177): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session > > manager: > > Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols > > specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > I wonder if that is a gksu message or not ... try "gksu xterm" or > "gksu id" and see what happens.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu xterm Warning: Tried to connect to session manager, Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1002(admin) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ --- xterm did open up logged in as root ok though, both asked for password and accepted fine. > > amancha:~# gksu network-admin > > amancha:~# > > --- > > but still tells me the password is wrong. > > That's asking for root's password as you were already root ... and > probably root doesn't have one :-) Ah, I do have a root password... --Slosh
