On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Mark Allums <m...@allums.com> 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.
I don't have a Debian install with a DE to verify the following but I'd check "/etc/polkit-1/localauthority.conf.d/" where there's most likely a file defining the polkit admin users. (Do you have users on your system who can sudo to root and not su to root?!) -- 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/CAOdo=sxsqgybsqkcxv4sxiyahb-jgd9bcol4-j1sihxqfvh...@mail.gmail.com
