Since adding my user to the "admin" group the problem seems resolved.
Unsure how the user was removed from it, but that looks like the cause. -- Apt Daemon asks for root password instead of sudo authentication https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661839 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs