[ubuntu-za] Super-user Authentication Requests

[Wesley Werner]

Hi Robin,

Sounds like user privileges are missing. One idea is to use the user
management to check these privileges.

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/05/install-users-groups-management-tool-ubuntu1404/

Hope that helps
Wesley

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Robin Bownes <robin at bownes.co.za> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> While this is not a huge issue, it is inconvenient, and puzzling.
>
> Just in the last couple of days, my 14.04 has begun to ask for super-user
> authentication for just about everything. Every time I insert a USB device,
> or if I want to reboot while another user is logged in (my wife & I share
> the notebook), etc, etc. it asks for an admin password.
>
> I'm not aware of having changed anything, or installed anything different
> that would chronologically explain this change.
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> Robin
>
> PS. Not sure if it is connected, but Ubuntu does seem to be running more
> slowly than usual too (sometimes very slow) - but only some of the time.
> Normal usage.
>
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