Slackware does not use PAM. :) Darrell --- On Sat, 2/26/11, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@...> wrote: > From: David C. Rankin <drankinatty@...> > Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] KDESU > To: trinity-devel@... > Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 7:14 PM > On 02/26/2011 06:57 PM, Darrell > Anderson wrote: > > Thanks for the response. > > > > I'm using Slackware. Slackware does not restrict root > access like Ubuntu. > > > > Some time ago I filed bug reports 393 and 394 to > address the issues. > > > > Darrell > > > > Darrell, > > If this is your box (and not one at work), you might > try a /etc/pam.d/su fix > that allows members of the wheel group (normal sudo group) > to use su without > having to enter a password. I find it very useful. After > adding yourself to the > wheel group (either 'groupmod -A user wheel' or gpasswd -a > user wheel' depending > on the distro), then in /etc/pam.d/su, (add or uncomment) > the following: > > auth > sufficient pam_wheel.so trust use_uid > auth > required pam_wheel.so use_uid > > If you have public/private key access setup to a box > and you want to be able > to run remote X apps as root (kate/kwrite for remote > config) you can also add > the following to pam.d/su: > > session > optional > pam_xauth.so > > There was also an old hack to use sudo instead of su > for KDE admin access (it > worked fine as well). In Trinity from the command line in > konsole/xterm or in > alt+f2, just enter the following: > > kwriteconfig --file kdesurc --group super-user-command > --key super-user-command sudo > > That simply creates an entry in > ~/.kde3/share/config/kdesurc containing the > following: > > [Passwords] > Keep=true > > [super-user-command] > super-user-command=sudo > > If kdesu isn't working then give that a try. If it > works - great, if it > doesn't, then just delete kdesurc :p > > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@... > Read list messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > >