[Warty] - password not accepted when loading qtparted - Linz

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 12:06:55PM +1200, Lindsay wrote:
> I have tried to load qtparted a couple of times recently (just to check
> what is partitioned on this HDa.
> 
> It starts, asks for root password (which I supply) and it tells me the
> root password is incorrect.   I know it is correct as I only have the
> one password on Ubuntu which allows me to do apt-get etc..
> 
> Any idea's?

I've noticed that also.  It seems some apps use su-to-root instead of
gksudo in the /usr/lib/menu entry.  I filed a bugzilla entry (#8522) on
this against synaptic, but bugzilla wouldn't let me file one against
qtparted (maybe it only covers packages in main).

su-to-root asks for root's password, and on a default Ubuntu
installation, the root user doesn't exist.  I suspect that some other
packages may also have this problem.

Bob