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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > > list messages on the web archive: > > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > > top-post: > > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Got my sig working. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>