This seems to happen, if there's a "&&" in the command that should be run: The following asks for the administrative password: sudo -k; gksudo "true; true"
But this asks for the root password: sudo -k; gksudo "true && true" -- 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