Strange problem with authentication after screensaver lock.
Steve Turnbull
steve.turnbull at yhgfl.net
Sun Nov 13 12:46:32 UTC 2005
On Sunday 13 November 2005 12:04, L. Boggio wrote:
> Le 12/11/05, Jim McQuiston a dit :
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> > Hello list:
> >
> > I am having a most odd problem with my "Breezy" machine. It seems that
> > after changing the root password to my system, I cannot no longer
> > authenticate myself once my machine has been locked by the screensaver.
> >
> > I feel the problem is in my changing of the root password because of the
> > following sequence of events:
>
> .../...
>
> When I first installed Kubuntu, I choosed too to set a root password,
> in order to keep my previous 'way to work' as in Mandrake.
> I happenned to have a lot of strange behaviours, all linked to
> authentification, and begun to believe this distro was totally bugged.
> I browsed on Kubuntu forums, and saw some texts that drove me to try to
> remove this root password. Since that, I didn't have any problem with
> auth behaviours.
> I think that Kubuntu team made some choices in the distribution
> configuraztion that implied that you were using sudo with no root
> password, and that the fact of using one brings that behaviour... It's
> sad, I must admit, but that's what I think...
I think the choice to use sudo is a good one. It's more secure than using su,
and it doesn't limit you in any way.
The initial user created is in the 'sudoers' file with full admin privileges,
therefore you can run any task with full permissions using 'sudo <command>'
and then entering YOUR password. You never have to worry about the root
password (if it exists)
Steve
>
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> L.Boggio
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