Re: gnome-system-monitor

[Ben Taylor <highlander7 cox net>]

Danilo Segan wrote:

> Ben Taylor wrote:
>
> > For anyone running linux, does the ability to renice a process or 
> > kill a process
> > that doesn't belong to you (as long as you are not *root*), does this 
> > function
>
>
> > correctly? 
>
>
> Short answer: no it doesn't work.
>
> Long answer.
>
> A dialog requesting root password pops up, and if I input a wrong 
> password, it just disappears. If I put in a correct password, it uses 
> the terminal and the standard login program to authenticate it, and, 
> if it succeds, it prints for me on controlling terminal
>
> Lozinka: *********
> root: root: No such file or directory
>
> ("Lozinka" is a password prompt I defined in /etc/login.defs).
>
> I won't go any further with this now (because I lack the time), but I 
> hope this will at least give you a hint at what's wrong. 

Thanks. It's busted in Linux too, so I can now go back and hack it up so 
it works.

Ben