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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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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