How to disable root account?

Joe Hart j.hart at hccnet.nl
Wed Jun 21 20:42:41 UTC 2006


Derek Broughton wrote:
> I don't follow - kdesu has _never_ asked me for a root password.  When apps
> ask for a root password, I'm sure that's what they'd get, but none of my
> apps ever ask for a root password.
>   

You're right (sort of).  If you look closely, you'll see that it says:

"Run as root, KDE su

Please enter your password."

This is new with Dapper.  It used to ask for the root password in Breezy.






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