Ubuntu
kiosktool package

Kiosk admin tool tries to login with root account

Bug #6306 reported by Frederir
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kiosktool (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Kubuntu Bugs

Bug Description

Kiosk admin tool use fish with localhost to modify files. It tries to login with root account wich is disabled by default on kubuntu.

Temporary fix is to enable the root account :

sudo passwd root

F.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu and kiosk do you use?

Changed in kiosktool:
assignee: nobody → kubuntu-team
status: New → NeedInfo
Jonathan Riddell (jr)
Changed in kiosktool:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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MirjamWaeckerlin (waeckerlin) wrote :

Same over here on Kubuntu Dapper Drake (KDE 3.5.2, Kiosktool 1.0)

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meven (meven29) wrote :

How should this bug being fixed ?

Should Kiosk detect if it run as non sudo user as adept does ?
Or
Should it run for instance run kdesu or gksudo ?

If someone from the kubuntu-team does have the answer, I will try to propose a patch.

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Simeon (simeon5) wrote :

I have the same problem and would like to have a fix.
Thanks.

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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote :

Fixed in gutsy

Changed in kiosktool:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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