> On Wednesday 29 April 2009, Stefan Endrullis wrote: >> > trying to install kdesudo-kde3 with "apt-get install " I am told that >> > apt-get tries to remove package sudo what gives me an error message >> that >> > in that case I can not longer log into my system as root because no >> Root >> > password is set. >> > >> > As long as that is the case I don't want to force installation of >> > sudo-kde3. >> > >> > Gerhard >> >> You can set the root password via "sudo passwd" test it via "su". >> >> Stefan > > I have done this meanwhile but I'm nevertheless uncertain if I should > deinstall the sudo package for installation of sudo-kde3?! Is it a > complete > replacement of this system tool? > > Gerhard > Hi Gerhard, Yes. It is the identical source to sudo, but with /opt/kde3/bin and /opt/kde3/games added to the secure path. If you're a bit security paranoid (like me) and want to make sure I didn't insert any backdoors or the like, just download the source from the PPA and run a diff against the official sudo version--you should only see the secure path change. Tim