gnome problem

eoghan freebsd at redry.net
Sat Feb 25 11:58:16 PST 2006


On 25 Feb 2006, at 19:52, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

>>>
>>> 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

I just rebuilt everything on the 23rd of Feb... I used the install  
script for gnome from the freeBSD site.
So everything is up to date. Curious why one works and none of the  
others do...


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