Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-11-02 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hello Harry, Am Montag, 10. Oktober 2011 schrieb Harry Putnam: > Victor Nitu writes: > > On 10/10/2011 07:31 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Then a dropdown list that says `select user' when I drop the list > >> down none of them are my user, nor root. > >> > >> How is that supposed to work? > > >

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 17/10/11 03:05, Harry Putnam wrote: > R33D3M33R writes: > >> Hello, >> >> try to run System settings via: >> >> kdesudo systemsettings > > Thanks, that worked... > Doesn't answer the question of whether how it works by default is a > bug or not though... It is a known bug. KDE SAMBA Config

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-16 Thread Harry Putnam
R33D3M33R writes: > Hello, > > try to run System settings via: > > kdesudo systemsettings Thanks, that worked... Doesn't answer the question of whether how it works by default is a bug or not though... > You can later also change the menu entry to this command (if it will work). > I'm not see

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-16 Thread R33D3M33R
Hello, try to run System settings via: kdesudo systemsettings You can later also change the menu entry to this command (if it will work). 2011/10/12 Harry Putnam > Harry Putnam writes: > > > Running wheezy > > > > On a recently installed kde desktop environment, I'm getting confused > > abou

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Diederik de Haas writes: > I wouldn't be surprised if it has sth to do with sudo. When > installing Debian using the debian-installer, you have the option to > create a root account. I . . . . Thanks for the helpful input. I would never have arrived at the info on my own. Had no idea sudo cou

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-11 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Wednesday 12 October 2011 01:23:12 Harry Putnam wrote: > On the dialog described their, the dropdown list only shows other users. > Not me and not root. > > Am I completely misunderstanding what this is supposed to do or is it a > small bug and my user and root should be on that list? I wouldn

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Running wheezy > > On a recently installed kde desktop environment, I'm getting confused > about being prompted when attempting to make certain changes. > > I get a prompt that is about authentication. A drop down list says > `Select user', however my user that I'm logged

Re: about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-10 Thread Victor Nitu
On 10/10/2011 07:31 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Then a dropdown list that says `select user' when I drop the list down none of them are my user, nor root. How is that supposed to work? Which are the users listed there? Check their group membership, and then try adding yourself to it. Example, suppo

about authentication in kde system setup tool

2011-10-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Running wheezy On a recently installed kde desktop environment, I'm getting confused about being prompted when attempting to make certain changes. I get a prompt that is about authentication. A drop down list says `Select user', however my user that I'm logged in as is not there, nor is root.