[Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Yorvyk
I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app requireing sudo privilages you only get one go at the password. If you get it wrong you have to restart the app. This is true in both Lucid and Maverick. In X/Ubuntu you get several (three?) attempts, useful for clumsy

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Andrew Woodhead
Do you mean using gksudo or sudo in command line?? Remember sudo is ONLY for command line apps and gksudo is for X based apps. -Andy (actionParsnip) On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Andrew Woodhead
Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too. -Andy On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +0100 Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Only one password request?

2010-07-12 Thread Yorvyk
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:11 +0100 Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too. -Andy So it is, only sudo gives 3 attempts. Don’t know why I thought the others did. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Yorvyk

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] IRC bots

2010-07-12 Thread Phillip Whiteside
Hi, with no votes against so far, i propose to put in a request for both IRC bots to be added in 24 hours; so, as they at weddings speak now, or forever hold your peace :-) It has been mentioned to me that we could (should) use #ubuntu-meetings for meetings, but until things settle down and we