On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:20:50 +0100 Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote:
> > Check how synaptic is being started by the menu entry. Typically, > > synaptic will be started by /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec, which uses > > policykit to authorise an effective su for a normal user. The > > executable synaptic is in /usr/sbin, so will probably not work from > > a menu. > > Yes, it is as you said. There is /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec > and /usr/sbin/synatic > > > > > I've changed the launcher to gksudo synaptic, which gives me > > explicit fine control with sudoers. > > > > As I said: I do NOT use sudoers, and there is no entry or the > user /etc/ sudoers. > > > I suspect what you're seeing is as intended. > > If so, then why not working so in KDE? And if this is intended, then > this is a bug and a security hole, which should be fixed. > I use neither LXDE nor KDE, so I would be guessing, but generally menu operation is a function of the desktop environment, and the KDE menu call may not be using pkexec. Or it may be using pkexec, but with a different policy in action. I have the common problem of using an old installation, with no recollection of the changes I have made over years to the default settings. For as long as I can remember, I have intended to log every change I make, and one day perhaps I will begin... -- Joe
