Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-16 Thread Joe
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:46:32 -0400 Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:08:19 -0500 > > Mark Allums wrote: > > > >> Synaptic has begun asking for my user password rather than the root > >> password.  Why is this happening, and how do I make it st

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-16 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Tom H wrote: > > You're welcome. PolicyKit can be more fine-grained than just setting > an admin group. You can find specific synaptic authorizations by > running "pkaction" and then display the actual authorization with > "pkaction --verbose --action-id ". Lookin

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-16 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:08:19 -0500 > Mark Allums 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/a

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-16 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > On 6/15/2012 7:01 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Tom H wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Mark Allums wrote: Synaptic has begun asking for my user password rather than the root password.  Why is

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-16 Thread Joe
On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:08:19 -0500 Mark Allums 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

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/15/2012 7:01 PM, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Mark Allums 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 p

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/15/2012 7:18 PM, Richard Hector wrote: On 16/06/12 10:08, Mark Allums 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 w

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: >> >> I want only users with root privileges to use >> apt/aptitude/synaptic/gdebi/etc. and I want the original behavior >> restored. > > Then I don't understand "users". Only root has got

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > I want only users with root privileges to use > apt/aptitude/synaptic/gdebi/etc. and I want the original behavior > restored. Then I don't understand "users". Only root has got root privileges. If other users should have the same permissions,

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Richard Hector
On 16/06/12 10:08, Mark Allums 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. I think

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Mark Allums 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/aptit

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Mark Allums 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 beh

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/15/2012 5:38 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums 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/gd

Re: Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums 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 b

Sid Synaptic authenticates with sudo

2012-06-15 Thread Mark Allums
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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-