On 6 Oct 2024 10:47 +0200, from ro...@rogerprice.org (Roger Price): > I installed Debian 12 and defined a user. Now I would like to install other > packages as that user. As with Debian 11, a synaptic popup asks for the > super user password, but after entering root password I get > "Authentification failure". This worked on Debian 11.
The two obvious things I can think of off the top of my head: (1) Is your regular user able to sudo? If you're unsure, try something like `sudo ls /root` in a terminal. (2) Is it _actually_ asking for the root password? (Sometimes things want the root password for elevating privileges; sometimes they want the password of the user taking the action...) -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
