You might be right. Indeed in the sudo manual it states: ...sudo requires that users authenticate themselves with a password... (NOTE: in the default configuration this is the user's password, not the root password)
I'm therefore reopening it and marking it as confirmed. ** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- synaptic is asking root password and not user admin's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133639 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs