Timothy Pearson wrote:
> OK, I have a workaround: deinstall kdesudo-trinity
>
> Yes, it seems odd.  However, kdesu is provided by kdelibs, and functions
> correctly under Debian.  kdesudo is an addon program, and functions
> correctly under Ubuntu, but not Debian.  I think this has something to do
> with the X server as mentioned in the link I posted earlier, but I am not
> sure.  I do know that the same problem with kdesudo is also present
> (sporadically) on KDE4 up to version 4.2, and possibly even after that.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Tim
>   


Just so you know, removing kdesudo-trinity does get kmenu "run as a 
different user" working, thanks. :-)

But at the same time my Squeeze install with kde4 has the kdesudo file 
installed and does not have the "run as a different user" problem. :-(

And something is going on that's causing a 15min sudo timeout, that is 
not the Debian Way, root passwd should be asked for each time elevated 
permissions are needed and something besides the sudoers file is causing 
this and I don't know what it is, what ever it is I want to kill it.

Just thought I'd let you know.

-- 
Jimmy Johnson

Debian Squeeze - Trinity KDE 3.5.12 at sda12
Registered Linux User #380263