On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 13:32:16 -0300 Bruno Schneider <boschnei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm running Debian Testing, using XFCE. I run synaptic package manager > from a launcher I made a few years ago. After a system upgrade today, > I can no longer run synaptic from the launcher. > > Using the command line (same command as the launcher), I got this: > > $ /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec > Error executing command as another user: Not authorized > This incident has been reported. > > If I use sudo, then it works, but pkexec used to open a graphical > password input to run synaptic as root, which is what I want, for > opening it using the launcher. What did I break? > It's not obvious. I run synaptic from a standard menu launcher, where the command is just synaptic-pkexec. It then requests the root password before running. I'm on sid, which still ought to be very close to testing at the moment. -- Joe
