Re: gnome-system-monitor

[Danilo Segan <dsegan gmx net>]

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.

Regards,
Danilo