[ubuntu-uk] Problem with Username and password for Synaptic

[Avi Greenbury]

scoundrel50a wrote:

> have tried a couple of times on ubuntu-uk but not got anywhere there,
> so thought I would try here.

This seems to be ubuntu-uk :)

> I had a problem with a desktop on my laptop, it disappeared after an
> update. I created a new username and password, which I can use to log
> in, but when I go to look in Synaptic, it calls for just the old log
> in details, and I can dont know why, would anybody have any ideas?

I seem to recall this being a bug, but I can't find it right now. The
idea was that anything gksudoish would let you pick a user to
authenticate to sudo as, but for a long time they'd insist that the
user created on initial install be used, irrespective of the current
users presence in sudoers.

I've just had a quick look for the bug but can't find it, what version
of Ubuntu are you running?

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Avi