rwohlhueter
January 10th, 2014, 05:52 PM
[Ubuntu 13.10, 64-bit, xfce desktop]
I generally have started synaptic from the xfce4 Launcher, where the behavior has been to open a window requesting root authentication, then opening the main synaptic window. After a recent security update, that behavior has changed: now I get a messenge that synaptic has not been started with root privilege and therefore will function only very limitedly.
Looking at the entry in the "xfce-appfinder" , I see that the actual launch command is "/usr/bin/synaptic-pkexe". That command, issued from the command line, asks for root authenication (in the terminal). Running `synaptic` from root terminal or as "su" works.
So it's just an annoyance, but one I don't understand. Any hints?
I generally have started synaptic from the xfce4 Launcher, where the behavior has been to open a window requesting root authentication, then opening the main synaptic window. After a recent security update, that behavior has changed: now I get a messenge that synaptic has not been started with root privilege and therefore will function only very limitedly.
Looking at the entry in the "xfce-appfinder" , I see that the actual launch command is "/usr/bin/synaptic-pkexe". That command, issued from the command line, asks for root authenication (in the terminal). Running `synaptic` from root terminal or as "su" works.
So it's just an annoyance, but one I don't understand. Any hints?