[hoary] sudo authentication problem

[Nathan Sprangers]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:26:31 +0100
Philippe Landau <lists at mailry.net> wrote:

> since some time when i start synaptic through the menu,
> it does not load.
> when i try it through the terminal,
> the following happens:
> 
> kind regards     philippe
> 
> --
> 
> user at donkey:~ $ sudo synaptic &
> Password:
> [1] 7249
> 
> [1]+  Stopped                 sudo synaptic
> user at donkey:~ $ sudo ls
> Password:
> Desktop
> user at donkey:~ $ sudo synaptic &
> [2] 7261
> user at donkey:~ $

Use gksudo as that's what the launcher in the menu uses.  'gksudo synaptic &' should work fine because it will pop up a dialog box for you to enter your password.  Also, I've never confirmed this, but I'm pretty sure running various gui apps as root will change the ownership of ~/.ICEauthority to root:root which gdm doesn't like (won't let you log in).

-Nathan