On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:08:19 -0500 > Mark Allums <m...@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.
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