k-package doesnt work

[garyng]

this is a bug that has been reported to KDE for months but they don't seem to care.

If you login as 'non-root', it would prompt you for root password(most likely su in the back) and things should work. But the root must have a password(KNOPPIX cd doesn't) or it would also fail.

If you are already root, it fails, 10 out of 10. That is my experience as well as some forks on KDE forums.

[Blether]

I'm a newbie and got here by googling kpackage and the error message. Bit daft, innit ? I mean, I get pissed at MS for taking 'security' policy decisions out of my hands...

Agroz, thanks for the info. Springboarding off that, my workaround was:

(Using the KDE GUI only)

- Kuser - create new user account for myself (or set a password on the knoppix acount)
- run command - kpackage - options - run as <new acct/knoppix acct with pwd>, giving that account's password
- operate kpackage as normal, entering the root password when prompted

Some installs are running as I write this.

[ARRAN4]

Ok i found the problem, quite simply the SUDO_USER enviroment option isn't set under anyother user other than knoppix

so type
$ export SUDO_USER root

before using kpackage