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 <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app > > requiring sudo privileges 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 > > typists. > > > 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) > sudo is OK, it gives you the three attempts. gksu or gksudo only give the one attempt or something like synaptic gives only one attempt.
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