From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 20:33:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E521065670 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be) Received: from hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be [143.129.75.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BA28FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be) Received: from hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mAHKXEDT002075 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:33:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (pdon@localhost) by hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id mAHKXE8u002072 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:33:14 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be: pdon owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:33:14 +0100 (CET) From: Pieter Donche X-X-Sender: pdon@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: KDE Login Manager leaves unexpectedly (3) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pieter Donche List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:16 -0000 Second Addendum at the end: On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Pieter Donche wrote: > In FreeSBD 7.0, set up KDE 3.5. > I want to change settings in KDE Settings/SystemAdministration / LoginManager > (no shutdown possibility for a non-root privilege user) > > This asks for the root password, I enter the correct root password, > click OK, and that dialog window closes and I back in the desktop ... > > Why ??? > > (the root password is certainly correct, if I change a letter, I get > Incorrect Password; try again) > > I can choose 'ignore' and continue with non-root privileges, but when > I want to change something that requires root privileges, same dialog > box and when entering correct password, the dialog window closes... When I first click at the bottom, the button 'Adminstrator Mode' same dialog box, that closes at correct root password, but I am still left in non-root privileges (although there is now a red line arround the dialog window) but most of the settings that one should be able to change are grey .. because I still am not yet in root-privilege mode the user I was logged in which is part ot the group wheel (I a terminal window I can do aan su -, give the root paswsword and have all root privileges) Addendum 2: I tried with checking the 'remember password' in the dialog window and entered the root paswoord. the window closes as before but at any next try, I get nothing at all any more: Settings / System Administration / LoginManager shows a dancing icon for 20 seconds and then disappears, leaving me in the desktop (probably because of the same non-responsiveness to a correctly. How to remedy all this ???