Screensaver

[Adam McDougall]

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/kdebase2/Attic/pkg-message

Note they changed the default so this is suid root after 4.4-release
due to complaints like yours because the message provided was 
not visible enough.  You need to make kcheckpass suid root.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 07:36:39PM -0500, Mike Szumlinski wrote:

  FreeBSD 4.4 base install.
  
  -Mike
  
  On 11/14/01 5:01 PM, "Adam McDougall" <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> wrote:
  
  > OS?  Does something in KDE need to be suid root to authenticate
  > screensavers/
  > 
  > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:56:00PM -0500, Mike Szumlinski wrote:
  > 
  > Anyone ever have a problem with KDE 2 and screensavers? For some reason when
  > I ask it to require a password, it doesn't authenticate correctly and even
  > when I put the password in right is says it is wrong. Any ideas? I can log
  > in just fine and logout and log back in with the account I'm using, so I
  > know the password works.
  > 
  > -Mike
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