Mandrake root password problem

slipsy · 05-08-2003, 05:53 PM

I have mandrake 8.2 running using KDE but am having some login problems. Usually i login as a user and then get asked for root password for certain actions.

For example I login as fred then go to rpm install and i am prompted for password. I enter root password and hey presto i can play with rpm installs. But......if I try to run user management I get a root password prompt, I put in root password and it is rejected as incorrect.

I dont understand, but hey it is linux.......

slipsy

serz · 05-08-2003, 06:43 PM

Only root can make some changes in your system. So that's why it asks for its password.

iceman47 · 05-08-2003, 08:53 PM

Do you have a non standard qwerty keyboard?
I have an azerty keyboard (be) and I used to specify that in mandrake control center.

slipsy · 05-09-2003, 02:32 AM

Keyboard is standard.

I dont understand why the root password is accepted for certain activities and rejected as incorrect for others. I understand you need to belogged in as root but the password shouldnt change dynamically!.

slipsy