For those who may arrive here in looking for a solution:
the workaround is tu run:
gksu-properties
and then change authentication mode to sudo.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90324
[Expired for gksu (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
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gksu doesn't accept/rejects password, no choice but use sudo instead on feisty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90324
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I have the same problem with feisty. This seems pretty serious since
you can't install updates unless you drop to the commandline. The
dialog is also different from the dialog I'm used to seeing. I don't
know when it changed exactly, but ever since the appearance of the
dialog changed, it will
I also have very similar problem, this is whats happening :::I can use my
p-word in terminal with no problem. I can not access-Network-Users and
Groups-Synaptic Package Manager or any thing else that requires a p-word. As I
have stated earlier, a strange new p-word window opens when trying to
Sounds like a duplicate of Bug #14122. Could you please take a look
there and see if that is your problem?
** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info
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gksu doesn't accept/rejects password, no choice but use sudo instead on feisty
The passwords don't have any special characters in them. This is
actually worse than the older bug (#14122) since gksu doesn't recognize
regular character passwords. The older gksu didn't have this problem it
seems to have been introduced but the newer gksu. I can't access
synaptic, update-manager
Thanks for your bugreport.
Can you please paste the output of:
$ gconftool --get /apps/gksu/sudo-mode
It is possible that something went wrong with gconf here.
Cheers,
Michael
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gksu doesn't accept/rejects password, no choice but use sudo instead on feisty
https://launchpad.net/bugs/90324
Here is the requested output of gconftool --get /apps/gksu/sudo-mode, it
outputs to false.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gconftool --get /apps/gksu/sudo-mode
false
