On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 12:48:26PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > I don't think the "re" part matters. At this point it is simply an > install. And the discussion of sudo was just a red herring > distracting from the real problem. I think the real problem is that > if you are running Synaptic from a GUI menu pick (from GNOME by > default, but I don't see where you said) then it is running gksu and > gksu requires the root password.
I didn't mention it specifically but it was the other guy who brought up sudo being the issue. I had my doubts but humored his requests. I know just enough to be dangerous. ;) > I installed a scratch system just now and tested running Synaptic from > the default GNOME installation. It definitely wants root's password > and not a sudo password. Right that has got to be the difference. Appreciate the fact that you did an install to test this! So I guess perhaps the way forward is to add a root user, install su and remove sudoers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110908020942.ga2...@thinkpad.gateway.2wire.net
