On 2019-07-24 19:23:32 David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 07/21/2019 09:02 PM, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > On 2019-07-21 18:22:10 Mike Bird wrote:
> >> On Sun July 21 2019 12:14:48 J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> >>> 	For quite a while now I've been unable to use TDEsu to open utilities
> >>> that require root access, e.g. TDM configuration.  TDEsu freezes after
> >>> I enter the root password and press Enter.
> >>
> >> I see only one problem with your file permissions.  tdesud should be
> >> setgrp in the nogroup group, not the root group.
> >>
> >> tdesu is not designed for command line use.  It is a graphical interface
> >> which uses /bin/su behind the scenes.
> >>
> >> Does su (or sudo) work for you from the command line?
> >>
> >> What happens if you click - T-menu / Trinity Control Center / System
> >> Administration / Monitor and Display - and enter your root password?
> >>
> >> --Mike
> >
> > 	I only issued the tdesu call from the command line to see if there were
> > any error messages from it.  my command was tdesu -u root -c yast2
> > 	su and sudo both work; they do not depend on any Trinity components.
> > 	The same problem occurs if I try to invoke any component of kControl
> > that requires the root password.  The TDEsu dialog opens, but after
> > entering the password it locks up.
> >
> > 	After changing the group ownership and adding the sgid bit to tdesud,
> > the same thing happens.
>
> I have a VERY OLD note that KDE/TDE defaults to using su instead of sudo
> and that can cause issues in some instances. You can change kdesu to use
> sudo instead with the following:
>
> kwriteconfig --file kdesurc --group super-user-command --key
> super-user-command sudo
>
> (you change back by using su instead of sudo in the above)
>
> I have not had trouble in the past few years, but it is worth a test.

	Because OpenSuSE, the distro I use, has traditionally used both su and sudo
for system administration, many (most?) OpenSuSE users are not averse to
using either or both of them; the distro seems to expect that su will be used
for administration.

Leslie