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diff --git a/kdesu/FAQ b/kdesu/FAQ deleted file mode 100644 index b7d1499c7..000000000 --- a/kdesu/FAQ +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Q: On my SuSE system, KDE su does not compile. I get an error that some Qt - header files cannot be found. -A: Install the package qtcompat. - -Q: Is KDE su safe? -A: No program is 100% safe. However, KDE su is not setuid root and it - handles the password you enter with great care so it should be safe - enough. - -Q: How safe is password keeping? -A: Enabling password keeping is less secure that disabling it. However, the - scheme tdesu uses to keep passwords prevents everyone (including you, the - user) from accessing them. Please see the HTML documentation for a full - description of this scheme. - -Q: Can I execute tty applications with tdesu? -A: No. TTY application will probably never be supported. Use the Unix su for - those. - NOTE: As of version 0.94, tty _output_ _only_ is supported with the `-t' - switch. This disables password keeping, though. - -Q: What systems does KDE su support? -A: Tested are: - * Linux 2.x (Redhat 6.x, Mandrake "Cooker", Debian potato, SuSE 6.1) - * Solaris 7 (intel) - * FreeBSD 3.2 (intel, w/ egcs 1.1.2) - It will probably work on more systems but I cannot test that. - -Q: Why doesn't it support every system that is out there. -A: KDE su needs to setup a pty/tty pair for communicating with `su'. This is - because some `su' implementations refuse to read a password from stdin if - that is not a tty. Setting up a pty/tty pair is not completely portable. - -Q: A good debug tip? -A: If tdesu doesn't fire up your application, use the '-t' switch. - This way, you'll get terminal output. Maybe there is something wrong with - the program you're trying to run. - -Q: I always get the warning: "Terminal output not available on non-terminal". -A: Maybe you're not logged on from a terminal but probably you're using - UNIX98 pty's without glibc 2.1 (Linux). The glibc 2.0 ttyname() function - incorrectly reports that UNIX98 slave pty's are no tty's. - -Q: Why not use DCOP for the communications with the daemon? -A: KDE su needs one instance of the daemon per host, instead of per desktop - session. |