[SOLVED] KPartitionManager dialog error

[GreyGeek]

KPartitionManager (partitionmanager) was updated a week or so ago. During my USB3 troubles I attempted to use it. The dialog asking for the password displayed an error regarding the incorrect use of "su". Enter the password failed to start the application.

I have temporarily solved this issue by prepending "kdesudo " in front of "partitionmanager" in the command text box. I suspect that a subsequent update will fix this minor problem.

[NickStone]

The su command will log you in to the root account. In Ubuntu the root account has been disabled which will be why that command won't work.

[GreyGeek]

The su command will log you in to the root account. In Ubuntu the root account has been disabled which will be why that command won't work.

Yes, I know.
My post was primarily a FYI to the Neon devs who occasion this site from time to time.

[GreyGeek]

It turns out that the /etc/sudoers file was corrupt. When I removed the parameter to show an * for each letter of the password things got back to normal.