Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
> Synaptic has begun asking for my user password rather than the root
> password. Why is this happening, and how do I make it stop? I want
> only users with root privileges to use apt/aptitude/synaptic/gdebi/etc.
> and I want the original behavior restored.
You add the sudo command?
However:
"root: Root is (typically) the superuser."
-
http://wiki.gacq.com/index.php/Debian_default_system_groups_description
Perhaps you want to add a group similar to adm and staff?
What exactly have you done?
Perhaps not completely correct:
http://www.debianadmin.com/providing-root-privileges-for-users-using-sudo.html
Foe example:
"For more commands, run your shell with sudo.
sudo sh (if sh is your shell.)"
I would use sudo -i instead.
Getting OT, apologize.
>From Arch Linux:
"Enable explicitly defined commands only for user USER_NAME on host
HOST_NAME:
USER_NAME
HOST_NAME=/sbin/halt,/sbin/poweroff,/sbin/reboot,/usr/bin/pacman -Syu" -
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudo
There might be several ways to avoid a password, depending to the
target.
PolicyKit?
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