On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > Synaptic has begun asking for my user password rather than the root > password. Why is this happening, and how do I make it stop? I want > only users with root privileges to use apt/aptitude/synaptic/gdebi/etc. > and I want the original behavior restored.
You add the sudo command? However: "root: Root is (typically) the superuser." - http://wiki.gacq.com/index.php/Debian_default_system_groups_description Perhaps you want to add a group similar to adm and staff? What exactly have you done? Perhaps not completely correct: http://www.debianadmin.com/providing-root-privileges-for-users-using-sudo.html Foe example: "For more commands, run your shell with sudo. sudo sh (if sh is your shell.)" I would use sudo -i instead. Getting OT, apologize. >From Arch Linux: "Enable explicitly defined commands only for user USER_NAME on host HOST_NAME: USER_NAME HOST_NAME=/sbin/halt,/sbin/poweroff,/sbin/reboot,/usr/bin/pacman -Syu" - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudo There might be several ways to avoid a password, depending to the target. PolicyKit? -- 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/1339799883.2650.366.camel@precise
