jaraeez Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue. I've installed Mandriva 2008.1 RC2 3 or 4 times now (various reasons!) & each time entering the password for 'root'. Once i'm in my user account & need to use an application that requires root priviliges I have not been prompted for a password! After doing a 'passwd root' all was well... a bug or is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 From forum.mandriva.com: security bug in Konsole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 cheers for that.. though I had already posted a bug report.. opps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 It's not that I'm complaining or anything, but I'm running Mdv 2008.0 with Gnome (installed form live CD) and have no such problem. How come? Is this bug not universal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue. I've installed Mandriva 2008.1 RC2... Sorry, didn't see that the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sometimes being a member of the group wheel, means that you won't get prompted for password access to root. Although not always the case across different distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 It's just a bug in 2008 Spring RC2 One, somehow the One installer doesn't properly set the root password. The bug is tagged release_critical, it'll be fixed before final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abinash Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hey i am using Mandriva Free 2008 Spring. i am not having any such problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hey i am using Mandriva Free 2008 Spring. i am not having any such problem. The issue was for Mandiva 2008.1 & not 2008 though I have to stress this is now resolved.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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