Re: Debian 5 security issue

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

>> The '/usr/sbin/synaptic' program was started with the privileges of the
>> root user without the need to ask for a password, due to your system's
>> authentication mechanism setup.

>> It is possible that you are being allowed to run specific programs as user
>> root without the need for a password, or that the password is cached.

>> This is not a problem report; it's simply a notification to make sure you
>> are aware of this."

>> I have not knowingly configured the system to institute this system
>> security breach.

> At some point, "it" must have prompted you for the keyring passphrase, and
> you clicked "never ask me this again".

+1


>> How do I eliminate

> Don't know.

I do not have a GUI'd install of Debian to check this but, in Gnome,
"alt-f2, seahorse" should give you access to stored passwords and
auths.