25 Jan
2023
25 Jan
'23
2:16 p.m.
Good Day everyone,
I still wonder, after all those years, how to configure root login shell
in konsole to ask again and not just die when I mistyped the password.
Konsole is launched with the arguments "su --login"
or "su --login -c 'mc -c'".
'su' in a USER shell also dies after one login attempt. So, it seems, su
needs to be configured. But it is hard for me to see through su/pam
configuration.
Any help or hint is muchly appreciated.
Thanks and kind regards,
Stefan
25 Jan
25 Jan
2:23 p.m.
Hello,
If you have sudo installed, you could try using `sudo su ...` as a workaround. Sudo by
default gives you up to 3 attempts but I think you can configure this. Or you could just
use sudo.
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Philippe MAVRIDIS
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Την 25 Ιαν 2023, 16:16, Stefan Krusche via tde-users έγραψε:
Good Day everyone, I still wonder, after all those
years, how to configure root login shell in konsole to ask again and not just die when I
mistyped the password. Konsole is launched with the arguments "su --login" or
"su --login -c 'mc -c'". 'su' in a USER shell also dies after
one login attempt. So, it seems, su needs to be configured. But it is hard for me to see
through su/pam configuration. Any help or hint is muchly appreciated. Thanks and kind
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8:01 p.m.
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:16:19 +0100
Stefan Krusche via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Good Day everyone,
I still wonder, after all those years, how to configure root login shell
in konsole to ask again and not just die when I mistyped the password.
Konsole is launched with the arguments "su --login"
or "su --login -c 'mc -c'".
'su' in a USER shell also dies after one login attempt. So, it seems, su
needs to be configured. But it is hard for me to see through su/pam
configuration.
Any help or hint is muchly appreciated.
Some quick poking around suggests you may want to look at the login.defs
file, specifically the LOGIN_RETRIES setting (this will presumably affect
more than just su, though.)
E. Liddell
26 Jan
26 Jan
10:02 a.m.
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2023 schrieb E. Liddell via tde-users:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:16:19 +0100
Stefan Krusche via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Thanks!
Good Day everyone,
I still wonder, after all those years, how to configure root login
shell in konsole to ask again and not just die when I mistyped the
password.
Konsole is launched with the arguments "su --login"
or "su --login -c 'mc -c'".
'su' in a USER shell also dies after one login attempt. So, it
seems, su needs to be configured. But it is hard for me to see
through su/pam configuration.
Any help or hint is muchly appreciated.
Some quick poking around suggests you may want to look at the
login.defs file, specifically the LOGIN_RETRIES setting (this will
presumably affect more than just su, though.) 
29 Jan
29 Jan
9:10 p.m.
Stefan Krusche wrote:
Good Day everyone,
I still wonder, after all those years, how to configure root login shell
in konsole to ask again and not just die when I mistyped the password.
Konsole is launched with the arguments "su --login"
or "su --login -c 'mc -c'".
SNIP
Thanks and kind regards,
Stefan
The command I use, one you did not indicate, # su -. not sure of # of attempts, and I fail
quite often.
sudo su - is my backup.
gregm
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