Re: How: Require root password instead of user password for GUI programs

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:04:13 -0400
Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM B.M. <b-misc@gmx.ch> wrote:
> >
> > I configured my system such that some users are in group sudo, but
> > they are asked for the root password instead of just their user
> > password by creating a file within /etc/sudoers.d/ with the line:
> >
> >  Defaults rootpw
> >
> > This is working just fine, but for graphical applications it
> > doesn't work: e.g. to start synaptic I get a password prompt
> > requiring my user password, not the root password.
> >
> > How can I configure my system such that entering the root password
> > is also required in these cases?
> >
> > (Maybe there is something with polkit, but I couldn't figure out
> > myself...)  
> 
> May be helpful:
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1199006/how-to-let-polkit-request-root-password-instead-users-password
> 
> And possibly
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1246661/defaults-rootpw-for-the-gui-password-prompt
> 
> Jeff
> 

On Debian, it is my experience that a default installation of Synaptic
always requires the root password. It is invoked by synaptic-pkexec.

-- 
Joe