On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 08:19:32PM +0100, FEJES Jozsef wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.43 > Severity: important > When I installed my system, I intentionally didn't specify a root password, > which seemed to be a supported installation option. I created a normal user > and I can use sudo just fine. But Gnome menus like > System->Administration->Synaptic don't work: they ask for the root password, > which doesn't exist, so I can never authenticate. I see that these menus > invoke su-to-root -X, which has a variable named SU_TO_ROOT_X, but it doesn't > support sudo or gksudo. Other menu items > work like this so this should be fixed in the su-to-root script.
Hello Jozsef, You need to configure GNOME/gksu to use sudo. This is necessary in any case since some GNOME programs use gksu directly, and not su-to-root. For that, you have to change the gconf key /apps/gksu/sudo-mode. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
