Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-13 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:21:59 +0200 Julien Lavergne wrote: > Le lundi 12 juillet 2010 à 22:43 +0100, Andrew Woodhead a écrit : > > Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too. > > Me too, it's the same on Ubuntu and Lubuntu. > Confusion solved. On 8.04 you do get 3 goes at entering th

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-13 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le lundi 12 juillet 2010 à 22:43 +0100, Andrew Woodhead a écrit : > Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too. Me too, it's the same on Ubuntu and Lubuntu. Regards, Julien Lavergne ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop P

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Yorvyk
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:11 +0100 Andrew Woodhead 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 wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +010

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Andrew Woodhead
Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too. -Andy On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Yorvyk wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +0100 > Andrew Woodhead wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk >wrote: > > > > > I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you o

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Yorvyk
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +0100 Andrew Woodhead wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk 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

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Andrew Woodhead
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) On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk wrote: > I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app > requireing sudo privilages yo

[Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Yorvyk
I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app requireing sudo privilages 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.