On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Roger Price <ro...@rogerprice.org> wrote:
> 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. > > I click on "details" but all I see is "Action: > com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic". > > Is there some way on Debian 12 of authorising regular users to use > synaptic (provided they know the root password)? > > Any hint or suggestion would be very welcome. Roger > It does work, you have a problem somewhere. I have Debian 12 and unstable installations, and while I don't use Synaptic generally, I do know that it works on both systems. I find Synaptic useful for searching for types of application, and also on unstable for clearing large dependency problems. But if I know what package I want installed, or for upgrading, I use apt from a terminal, which works with sudo credentials whereas Synaptic requires the root password, as generally does any graphical application needing root privileges, such as Gparted. At the moment, assuming you have tested the root password in other situations and you know it works, I can't help. The default with a Debian installation is not to permit root login, I don't know how that affects anything else, but it would be daft to install graphical software and then not permit root use of it. One test to try is to open a terminal, issue the su command and give the root password, and if that is accepted, to give the command /usr/sbin/synaptic to see what happens, and what error messages you get. -- Joe
