gnome problem

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 19:48 +0000, eoghan wrote:
> On 25 Feb 2006, at 19:41, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> >>> 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)
> >
> > The same way you login as root.  You just use a different username and
> > password.
> >
> > Joe
> 
> Thanks
> I have done this and posted this reply:
> 
> 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).

Must be a local problem on your system.  It works for me.  Try upgrading
all ports to their latest versions.

Joe

> 
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