[news.eclipse.technology.linuxtools] Re: OProfile on openSUSE 11.1

[aegges@xxxxxx (Axel Mueller)]

> > > One more thing. When I start profiling I am asked for the root password 
> > > 4(!) times. That is really annoying. Is it normal or just another error 
> > > in my setup?

> > On my machine entering the rootpw once via this consolehelper mechanism 
> > keeps the authentication for a few seconds, so I only notice it once. 
> > But indeed, opcontrol is run a few times before launching (and once 
> > after the launch finishes), so if the root auth is only given for a 
> > single command then you would see it multiple times. I will look into this.
> Perhaps there is something different in my configuration. I am using 
> Gentoo and consolehelper is not widely used there.

Hmm, I found the root of this problem. Gentoo does not use/provide 
pam_timestamp anymore. They removed all the Redhat stuff from their pam 
modules.

 Axel