Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root
On 6 Oct 2024 10:47 +0200, from roger@rogerprice.org (Roger Price):
> I installed Debian 12 and defined a user. Now I would like to install other
> packages as that user. As with Debian 11, a synaptic popup asks for the
> super user password, but after entering root password I get
> "Authentification failure". This worked on Debian 11.
The two obvious things I can think of off the top of my head:
(1) Is your regular user able to sudo? If you're unsure, try something
like `sudo ls /root` in a terminal.
(2) Is it _actually_ asking for the root password? (Sometimes things
want the root password for elevating privileges; sometimes they want
the password of the user taking the action...)
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