gksu will not recognize password for administrative tasks in Maverick

[James P. Carter]

Binary package hint: gksu

I hope this helps to troubleshoot this issue. I am attempting to use Synaptic, my password is not recognized. I attempt to submit bugs when the graphical dialog comes up... my password is not recognized. The workaround... open a terminal 'sudo su' then open synaptic or use apport-bug to submit bug report. I used apport-bug to submit this report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gksu 2.0.2-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-18.24-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-18-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: vmblock vmci vmhgfs
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 25 09:07:35 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gksu

[James P. Carter (jpcarter)]

Please let me know if you need further information to troubleshoot this issue.

[dragon76 (tfishwall)]

I am experiencing the same issue in Lubuntu 10.10 beta. Running gksu-properties and changing authentication mode to sudo fixes the problem for me. Why is this not default?

[Nobuto Murata (nobuto)]

I also faced this problem.
My fresh install machine is not affected, but my upgraded machine from lucid is affected.

[Nobuto Murata (nobuto)]

@James
Could you attach the content of /var/log/installer/media-info.
Just type $ cat /var/log/installer/media-info in your terminal.
I would know whether your system is fresh install or upgraded.
Thanks in advance.

[Nobuto Murata (nobuto)]

@James
And as described in #3 comment, running gksu-properties and settting authentication mode to sudo will fix your issue?

[James P. Carter (jpcarter)]

I apologize, I have since done a backup and clean installation with 10.10...

To answer your question, when I originally posted the bug I did not
edit the preferences for the application in the menu. I dropped to a
shell and ran sudo synaptic, which had no issues. It appeared that
gksu was the culprit...

--
James P. Carter, GCIH

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Nobuto MURATA
<email address hidden> wrote:
> @James
> And as described in #3 comment, running gksu-properties and settting authentication mode to sudo will fix your issue?
>
> --
> gksu will not recognize password for administrative tasks in Maverick
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624095
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gksu
>
> I hope this helps to troubleshoot this issue. I am attempting to use Synaptic, my password is not recognized. I attempt to submit bugs when the graphical dialog comes up... my password is not recognized. The workaround... open a terminal 'sudo su' then open synaptic or use apport-bug to submit bug report. I used apport-bug to submit this report.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: gksu 2.0.2-2ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-18.24-generic 2.6.35.3
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-18-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: vmblock vmci vmhgfs
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Aug 25 09:07:35 2010
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gksu
>
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gksu (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[linuxar (linuxar)]

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".

[James P. Carter (jpcarter)]

A dirty fix ( what I did) was to edit the menu entry and change it from gksu
to gksudo... my change was merely for a couple GUI apps I use regularly.
Axe's solution seems more system wide and just as easy.
On Sep 15, 2011 9:50 AM, "axeoth" <email address hidden> wrote:
> 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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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624095
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> Title:
> gksu will not recognize password for administrative tasks in Maverick
>
> Status in “gksu” package in Ubuntu:
> Expired
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gksu
>
> I hope this helps to troubleshoot this issue. I am attempting to use
> Synaptic, my password is not recognized. I attempt to submit bugs when
> the graphical dialog comes up... my password is not recognized. The
> workaround... open a terminal 'sudo su' then open synaptic or use
> apport-bug to submit bug report. I used apport-bug to submit this
> report.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: gksu 2.0.2-2ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-18.24-generic 2.6.35.3
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-18-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: vmblock vmci vmhgfs
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Aug 25 09:07:35 2010
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gksu
>
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