Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:52:04 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome problem Message-ID: <1140897124.14733.29.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <F958886F-397C-4EF7-B7A1-69066E62A82B@redry.net> References: <DCC24548-ED2C-4803-87FB-6E4C263AE7EA@redry.net> <1140861676.24112.70.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <AF51BCAC-DF70-41DA-933F-C4D06C5D5809@redry.net> <1140896473.14733.25.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <F958886F-397C-4EF7-B7A1-69066E62A82B@redry.net>
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--=-mU54E3erENs4aoWeA8+Z Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 19:48 +0000, eoghan wrote: > On 25 Feb 2006, at 19:41, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >=20 > >>> 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 =20 > >>> 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 >=20 > Thanks > I have done this and posted this reply: >=20 > 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 =20 > tells me i have entered the wrong password!!! > I have tried it several times, am 100% sure of the password as I use =20 > it all the time. Strange thing is: why does it work for networking =20 > 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 >=20 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-mU54E3erENs4aoWeA8+Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEALVkb2iPiv4Uz4cRAsVkAJwK/BUQvst1/OP9yjQwDbNVNBl5TwCbBlAa ZP0OSOmFFKHzUq8uI/toNQg= =La/z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mU54E3erENs4aoWeA8+Z--
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