Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[Chris Jones]

> Hi,

>
>
> The only sane ways to run something like synaptic in this situation
> are (as I see it):-
>
>    Log out of X and log back in as the sudo privileged user.
>
>    Have a root account (in which case synaptic asks for the root
>    password rather than the user's password).
>
>    Do the work on the command line in a terminal (but then it's not
>    synaptic).


You shouldn't have to log out the original user ? Just 'Switch  
User' (or whatever it is called) and start a second X session  as the  
privileged user. When you are done log out and let the original user  
switch back... With all the applications still running just as they  
left them.

Chris