I've noticed recently that when I run yumex, or most any other app that needs 
root permission, from the launcher menu, I am prompted for my user password, 
instead of the root password. So I assume sudo is being used instead of su.

The "run backend with sudo" is not checked in yumex preferences.  If I set the 
menu item to execute as root and add --root to the yumex call I get the root 
pasword request but then yumex doesn't start.

It is interesting that my other workstation works differently. That is, yumex 
doesn't prompt for the root password until it is about to do something that 
requires root permissison.  But it is asking for the root password, not my user 
password, as are all other apps that require root permissions.

Any ideas how to get apps to require the root password instead of my user 
password?

Emmett
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