On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:52:47 +0200 Anders Andersson <pipat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have synaptic in the path, but the icon is setup to start a > program that *is* in my path: synaptic-pkexec > > Maybe you can try that, I think that's responsible for asking about > your password. /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec is a shell script which runs /usr/sbin/synaptic as root, using the pkexec program. I don't know anything about pkexec, but it looks like it's a substitute for sudo in cases like this. Paul -- Paul M. Foster Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com Company Site: http://quillandmouse.com Software Projects: https://gitlab.com/paulmfoster
