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.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.