Greetings;
Synaptic seems to want a root pw in its run requestor, but root doesn't have pw, everything is done with sudo or sudo-like such as gksudo.
How can I fix the for tde so its happy with the sudo pw?
On Sunday 05 May 2019 13.38:52 Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Synaptic seems to want a root pw in its run requestor, but root doesn't have pw, everything is done with sudo or sudo-like such as gksudo.
How can I fix the for tde so its happy with the sudo pw?
On Debian I must edit the menu to run "tdesu synaptic". There is a "tdesudo-trinity" showing in synaptic, so I would guess "tdesudo synaptic" should do the trick.
Can't see what sudo brings over su however, as anyone getting your sudo password just has to sudo passwd root to create a root password.
Regards,
Thierry
On Sunday 05 May 2019 07:55:30 am Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Sunday 05 May 2019 13.38:52 Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Synaptic seems to want a root pw in its run requestor, but root doesn't have pw, everything is done with sudo or sudo-like such as gksudo.
How can I fix the for tde so its happy with the sudo pw?
On Debian I must edit the menu to run "tdesu synaptic". There is a "tdesudo-trinity" showing in synaptic, so I would guess "tdesudo synaptic" should do the trick.
Wrong unforch, it still insists on a nonexistant root pw. Mine as first and only human user, doesn't satisfy it.
Can't see what sudo brings over su however, as anyone getting your sudo password just has to sudo passwd root to create a root password.
Regards,
I don't get it all that well either, but thats how debian has done it for about a decade now.
Thierry
Thanks Thierry, Gene
On Sunday 05 May 2019 09:22:32 am Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 05 May 2019 07:55:30 am Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Sunday 05 May 2019 13.38:52 Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Synaptic seems to want a root pw in its run requestor, but root doesn't have pw, everything is done with sudo or sudo-like such as gksudo.
How can I fix the for tde so its happy with the sudo pw?
On Debian I must edit the menu to run "tdesu synaptic". There is a "tdesudo-trinity" showing in synaptic, so I would guess "tdesudo synaptic" should do the trick.
Wrong unforch, it still insists on a nonexistant root pw. Mine as first and only human user, doesn't satisfy it.
Can't see what sudo brings over su however, as anyone getting your sudo password just has to sudo passwd root to create a root password.
Regards,
I don't get it all that well either, but thats how debian has done it for about a decade now.
The major problem with su is that changes the display request, and x refuses to service a 10: display. Somebodies ^%#@ paranoia THINKS it increases security, and has disabled the xhost stuff.
Its the same stuff found on the ground, warm, squishy and various shades of brown and green, behind the male of the bovine specie. IMNSHO of course. :(
Thierry
Thanks Thierry, Gene
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On Sunday 05 May 2019 09:32:15 am Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 05 May 2019 09:22:32 am Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 05 May 2019 07:55:30 am Thierry de Coulon wrote:
On Sunday 05 May 2019 13.38:52 Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Synaptic seems to want a root pw in its run requestor, but root doesn't have pw, everything is done with sudo or sudo-like such as gksudo.
How can I fix the for tde so its happy with the sudo pw?
On Debian I must edit the menu to run "tdesu synaptic". There is a "tdesudo-trinity" showing in synaptic, so I would guess "tdesudo synaptic" should do the trick.
Wrong unforch, it still insists on a nonexistant root pw. Mine as first and only human user, doesn't satisfy it.
Can't see what sudo brings over su however, as anyone getting your sudo password just has to sudo passwd root to create a root password.
Regards,
I don't get it all that well either, but thats how debian has done it for about a decade now.
The major problem with su is that changes the display request, and x refuses to service a 10: display. Somebodies ^%#@ paranoia THINKS it increases security, and has disabled the xhost stuff.
Its the same stuff found on the ground, warm, squishy and various shades of brown and green, behind the male of the bovine specie. IMNSHO of course. :(
And I believe I just found the cure for that, I did an xhost + local: as both me and as sudo -i, and just ran synaptic as root from the cli with zero problems. To install around 175 debs. I'd call that progress, as I now have much better control over my computer.
Thierry
Thanks Thierry, Gene
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