On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:00:00 -0700 Jonathan Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I changed my password using passwd...and now some apps want the old > > password...others want the new one! > > For example when I do sudo aptitude update in a terminal sudo will > > only accept the new password...however if I run Synaptic...it will > > accept only the old password. What's going on here and how can it > > be fixed ? > > Is it the case that only GUI apps are using the old password, but > everything else works with the new one? I am not familiar with > Synaptic -- is it synaptic that is requesting a password, or are you > running it via sudo (eg gksudo or something)? If you are running it > with gksudo, does sudo synaptic (at the command line) work with the > new password? From the desktop it's being run as gksudo synaptic. In a terminal sudo synaptic accepts the new password. I'll have to wait 15 minutes before trying gksudo synaptic :) > > Has your machine been rooted? There was that kernel vulnerability > just last week... Doubt it, although anything is possible I guess. Cheers Frank -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
