On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:04:13 -0400 Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM B.M. <b-m...@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
