On 16/06/12 10:08, 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.
I think it might be a gnome thing rather than a synaptic thing - I looked into it briefly a while ago when I wanted the opposite, but gave up and kept using the commandline tools.
But you realise that you're still restricting access to those with root privileges, right? Just via sudo configuration rather than who knows the password. Better, you're restricting access to those who have sudo access _and_ have an account on the machine - the fewer people who know the root password the better, imho.
Richard