why would you even care. just type the password. besides i think its like this. if you enter sudo in terminal then enter a gksudo command then it works. i tried sudo ls then gksudo prozgui and it worked. <div>On 7/20/05, ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY <<a href="mailto:zamb@saudi.net.sa">zamb@saudi.net.sa</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 10:41 +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote: > Hello Gents, > > > I notice that sudo and gksudo don't seem to share the password's time > stamp, which I find a bit weird personally. > That is, if I give my password to sudo, do something with it quickly, > then open say Synaptic (hence gksudo), I will be asked for my password > again, eventhough I gave to sudo seconds before. > Same the other way around : Open a GUI app that requires password, > enter it, exit the app, then try sudo at the command line : you will > be asked for the password that you just entered in gksudo ! > > Basically, technically, it behaves as if sudo and gksudo din't share > the time stamp for the password. > > I filed a bug about it > <a href="https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12648">https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12648</a> but I was basically > told that they DO share the time stamp, and that what I experience is > basically impossible because technical non-sense. > > Problem is, non-sense or not, it does behave like this on my machine. > And I tried it with Wart, Hoary and Breezy, all do it. sudo and gksudo > just don't seem to "talk" to each other to see if the passwoprd if the > password has already been typed or not. > > So, before I go to consult a doctor for seeing things that I am told > can't exist, I wanted to call out for help. Could people tell me if > they see they can reproduce the problem on their machine ? > > Test procedure (for example) : > > - sudo -k (start from a clean sheet) > - sudo ls (or any other quick to execute and harmless command...) > it should ask for the PW > - start Synaptic (or any other GUI app that requires gksudo/PW) > it asks for the PW again, it should not since you just entered it. > > Now the other way around: > > - Wait 15 minutes (default PW validity) for time stamp to clear > - Start Synaptic, you are asked for your PW > - Exit Synpatic > - sudo ls > - you are asked again for the PW, eventhough you just entered it. > > > Now I also noticed that 'sudo -k' only clears the password for sudo, > not gksudo !(I'm not sure, but I think Red Hat version 9.0 share the > same database or ticket for both "sudo" and "gksudo". Again, I'm not > certain as it was a long time ago.) > > > Thanks for trying it, before I am locked in a fool's hospital ! ;-/ > > > > Regards, > > > -- > Vince, losing sanity ? > > I have the *same* behavior as your system. Ubuntu 5.04 "Hoary Hedgehog" i386 (with latest updates) Ziyad. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div>