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Re: ReInstall of System borked Admin Pwd for Apps



2011/9/1 Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com>:
> Hello.
>
> For various reasons, needed to reinstall Debian Testing (Wheezy) on a flash drive formatted into 2 partitions. A system partition and one for HOME.
>
> Since the install I'm no longer able to use Synaptic with my password (I enabled sudo in the Installer). I used the exact User name and Password as before during the reinstall.
>
> It all works if I start Synaptic from the command-line using sudo. The same applies btw to all applications requiring the password for privileges. Don't think I've left out any details ...
>
> What do I have to do to fix this?
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check out /etc/sudoers if it contains all fields

darkestkhan
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