yast error

drsethi · 12-27-2006, 04:19 PM

When I want to start yast it says password is wrong but by console I can start it with same password. Also I can log as root with same password. what is this problem?Messages are as follows on 1st and 2nd try
Incorrect password; please try again.
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crazibri · 01-04-2007, 08:08 PM

I've got the same error.

It has to do with the new Sudoers module in Yast2.
I played around in there and now it doesnt accept the root password from KDE, but I can still get in to "su" via the shell.

Can someone post their /etc/sudoers file from a Suse 10.2 default installation?
Thanks!

drsethi · 01-05-2007, 11:08 AM

I logged as root and then started yast then changed root's password and it removed my problem.

By the way after some time my system crashed and became read only.

It could not be repaired so I reinstalled Suse Linux.
Now working fine.

crazibri · 01-06-2007, 12:36 AM

Dont use Sudoers in Yast

I reinstalled Suse 10.2 to see the original suoders file in etc.

Code:

# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults specification

# prevent environment variables from influencing programs in an
# unexpected or harmful way (CVE-2005-2959, CVE-2005-4158,
# CVE-2006-0151)
Defaults always_set_home
Defaults env_reset

# In the default (unconfigured) configuration, sudo asks for the root password.
# This allows use of an ordinary user account for administration of a freshly
# installed system. When configuring sudo, delete the two
# following lines:
Defaults targetpw    # ask for the password of the target user i.e. root
ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING! Only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'!

# Runas alias specification

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       ALL

# Same thing without a password
# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

# Samples
# %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now