On 19/04/2020 02:36, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 04/18/2020 10:25 AM, Michael Howard via trinity-users wrote:

Is there a simple way to install TDE without sudo these days or do I need to
build it all myself to avoid sudo?


In the long-ago past there were issues when using sudo with KDE(TDE) and a
workaround that allowed you to configure the desktop apps to use su instead of
sudo when administrator rights were needed. In my old notes I have:

Kdesu now again defaults to using su instead of sudo because of various
problems with using sudo there. You can change the default back to sudo using

kwriteconfig --file kdesurc --group super-user-command --key
super-user-command sudo

(or you can change from sudo to su by changing the --key super-user-command su)

If you are having problems with sudo, this is something to check. I don't know
what the default is for TDE or whether this was ever a patch incorporated in
TDE or if it was just an openSUSE patch of KDE3 -- Slavek will know :)

(not intentionally throwing Slavek under the bus...)

Thanks for that info. I've never used sudo and dont want to now. The problem is, the TDE install is attempting to force it upon me :)

-- 
Michael Howard