On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:11 +0100 Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too. > -Andy > So it is, only sudo gives 3 attempts. Don’t know why I thought the others did. > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +0100 > > Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app > > > > requiring sudo privileges you only get one go at the password. If you > > get > > > > it wrong you have to restart the app. This is true in both Lucid and > > > > Maverick. In X/Ubuntu you get several (three?) attempts, useful for > > clumsy > > > > typists. > > > > > > > Do you mean using gksudo or sudo in command line?? > > > > > > Remember sudo is ONLY for command line apps and gksudo is for X based > > apps. > > > -Andy (actionParsnip) > > > > > sudo is OK, it gives you the three attempts. gksu or gksudo only give the > > one attempt or something like synaptic gives only one attempt. > > > > > > -- > > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > > > http://lubuntu.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp