Ubuntu & Linspire

[Derek Broughton]

Scott Mazur wrote:

> I agree (or have no opinion) about everything you've said up to this
> point. It's true Kubuntu doesn't prevent you from setting a root password
> (I've done
> so myself, becuase that's just the kind of user I am).  But it's not true
> there are no consequences to this.  Every (and I mean EVERY) configurable
> option in KDE that needs admin rights prompts for a password.  Out of the
> box that's fine (whether you agree it should be any old user password or
> root
> only).  But once you set a root password none of the KDE password prompts
> work.  Regardless of the password you type in (root or user) it's wrong
> and
> does not authenticate.  So by setting a root password you are forced to
> login as root to make admin changes for ever more. 

I don't know what you've done, but that's not true.  I have a root password
and all of my kdesu, sudo and gksu prompts work fine.  Good thing too,
since I have never figured out (or cared to) how to enable root to log in
to KDE.

> And it's damned annoying 
> being prompted for a password in KDE when you know darned well it's not
> going to work.  It shouldn't have to be that way. 

It isn't.
-- 
derek