> Le vendredi 22 juin 2012, Timothy Pearson a écrit : > >> > I used the 'usermod' command to add sudo to the groups that belong to >> user >> > marco. I checked with the command 'id' : it shows user marco as part >> of >> > the admin and sudo groups. >> > >> > But when asked for my password by a kde application in a Kdesudo >> window, I >> > still get bumped after 3 tries with the message 'Wrong password. >> Exiting'. >> > Any clues? >> > >> > Marco >> >> The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that perhaps >> tdesu, not tdesudo, is executing. There was a problem with an incorrect >> message string in tdesu where it was prompting for the user's password >> but >> actually expected the root password; this has been fixed in GIT but has >> not been repaired in 3.5.13 AFAIK. >> >> Tim > > well, I looked in KSysguard, and I found mention of kdesu, not kdesudo. > > So would it be a good idea for me to set up a root password and try that > in the meantime? > > Marco Do you have kdesudo-trinity installed? If so, it is supposed to divert tdesu and install a symlink from tdesu to tdesudo. If you want to use tdesu, be aware that when it prompts for the "user password" it is actually asking for root's password. Tim