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Bug 2563

Summary:	TDE Menu: root password vs sudo needs review
Product:	TDE	Reporter:	Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro>
Component:	tdebase	Assignee:	Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugwatch, michele.calgaro, slavek.banko
Priority:	P5
Version:	R14.0.1 [Trinity]
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Linux
Compiler Version:		TDE Version String:
Application Version:		Application Name:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	2540

Description Michele Calgaro 2015-12-20 05:50:45 CST

There is a confusion about sudo and some system utilities.

Ksysv for instance, cannot be run from the users menu because it only accepts the root pw, which had never been reset since the install as I used sudo for that.

I got that fixed with some help from Nk, but that also affected synaptic, which also only accepts the root pw after setting one..

There are I'm sure workarounds but trying to remember which pw to use is still a PIMA.

As the first user, I have sudo perms, but the menu should be verified item by item, and those which do not accept the 21st users pw, should be fixed so they will run.

Those that  will not run except from a root pw, and then refuse to run because root has no perms on the users xsession, also need fixed.  That is fixed by running synaptic-pkexec from a shell.

Thanks & Cheers.

Gene Heskett

Comment 1 Slávek Banko 2016-01-12 12:47:42 CST

I installed and tested ksysv. If is not installed tdesudo was requested root password. After installing tdesudo was requested user's password. Behaviour was exactly as expected. It is clear that if it is used for administration sudo is a good idea to install tdesudo.

Is something that should be otherwise?

Comment 2 Michele Calgaro 2016-01-13 04:49:59 CST

Gene, 
can you install tdesudo and see if the problem also disappear from your system?
Thanks

Comment 3 Michele Calgaro 2016-01-13 06:42:48 CST

From comments in http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::9861, the problem seems resolved.

Slavek, perhaps we can add a note on the wiki about installing tdesudo if the users is using sudo.

Comment 4 Michele Calgaro 2016-02-07 03:28:22 CST

I created a new Tips And Tricks page on the wiki and added an entry for this problem.
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Tips_And_Tricks