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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: starting a konsole part with different user
From:       Winfried Dobbe <winfried_koeun () zonnet ! nl>
Date:       2004-03-24 20:25:47
Message-ID: 200403242125.48003.winfried_koeun () zonnet ! nl
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Yes, a timer works. Thanks!

> Winfried Dobbe wrote:
> >I tried to achieve this using the TerminalInterface. The konsolepart
> > accepts the "su - <username>" command, but then somehow doesn't
> > receive the password.
> 
> It's quite possible that /bin/su clears the input buffer of anything 
> that was there before it sent the "password:" string and turned echoing 
> off.
> 
> Try to add a delay on the password's sendInput.
> 
> -- 
>   Thiago Macieira  -  Registered Linux user #65028
>    thiago (AT) macieira (DOT) info
 
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