gnome problem

eoghan freebsd at redry.net
Sat Feb 25 06:29:17 PST 2006


On 25 Feb 2006, at 13:21, eoghan wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2006, at 10:01, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 19:47 +0000, eoghan wrote:
>>> Hello
>>> Just finished the upgrade to 2.12.3 and all seems to have gone well.
>>> However I am still getting some weird stuff.
>>> When i try to access desktop -> Administration -> Services/Shared
>>> Folders/Time and Date/Users and Groups...
>>> The app opens and then i am prompted with this modal window:
>>> The entered password is invalid
>>> Check that you typed it correctly and that you haven't activated the
>>> "caps lock" key
>>> So im wondering... what password??? I was never asked for any
>>> password... Can anyone shed any light on this for me please?
>>
>> I'm using -CURRENT with GNOME 2.13.91, and I cannot reproduce this.
>> When I login as a normal user, and launch Time and Date, I am  
>> prompted
>> for root's password.  Upon entering it, the tool works.
>>
>> Joe
>
> Hello
> How do you login to gnome as a normal user? (not root)

Ok so I have logged in now as a different user. So now when I got to:
Desktop -> Administration -> Networking
i get prompted for the root password, which I enter and it works.
But when I go to any of the rest:
Desktop -> Administration -> Services
Desktop -> Administration -> Shared Folders
Desktop -> Administration -> Time and Date
Desktop -> Administration -> Users and Groups
now I am prompted for the root password. But after I enter it, it  
tells me i have entered the wrong password!!!
I have tried it several times, am 100% sure of the password as I use  
it all the time. Strange thing is: why does it work for networking  
and nothing else???
I am running freeBSD 6.0-RELEASE with gnome 2.12.3 (built 02/23/06).
Has anyone any ideas why this happens?
Thanks
Eoghan


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