Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:08:19 -0500
> Mark Allums <mark@allums.com> 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.
>>
> The latest Synaptic starts differently:
>
> https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/synaptic/0.75.12
>
> My menu entry has been changed to synaptic-pkexec and no longer
> functions at all. Running synaptic-pkexec under sudo throws a GTK
> fault, running it alone invokes an authentication dialogue which does
> not accept my user password but does accept the root password and then
> gives the same GTK error.
>
> I'm currently starting it with gksudo synaptic, when it requires my
> user password. I'm hoping it will be fixed soon.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=674071
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