On 9 December 2011 20:26, scoundrel50a <scoundrel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/12/2011 19:48, Avi Greenbury wrote: >> >> scoundrel50a wrote: >> >>> have tried a couple of times on ubuntu-uk but not got anywhere there, >>> so thought I would try here. >> >> This seems to be ubuntu-uk :) >> >>> I had a problem with a desktop on my laptop, it disappeared after an >>> update. I created a new username and password, which I can use to log >>> in, but when I go to look in Synaptic, it calls for just the old log >>> in details, and I can dont know why, would anybody have any ideas? >> >> I seem to recall this being a bug, but I can't find it right now. The >> idea was that anything gksudoish would let you pick a user to >> authenticate to sudo as, but for a long time they'd insist that the >> user created on initial install be used, irrespective of the current >> users presence in sudoers. >> >> I've just had a quick look for the bug but can't find it, what version >> of Ubuntu are you running? >> > Hi, its 11.10
I have just tried synaptic on 11.10 and it allows me to select any of my users. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
