example run (I received one prompt for the passphrase, and entered one obviously wrong; no other prompts):
$ gksu --debug -u root synaptic No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksu/synaptic/11461-0-xango_TIME259325426 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: root cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: synaptic buffer: -GNOME_SUDO_PASS- brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended... Yeah, we're in... sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts xauth: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu/.Xauthority xauth_env: /var/run/gdm/auth-for-cerdea-hTUVeN/database dir: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu
example run (I received one prompt for the passphrase, and entered one obviously wrong; no other prompts):
$ gksu --debug -u root synaptic ehjzvu/ .Xauthority 11461-0- xango_TIME25932 5426 ehjzvu/ .Xauthority gdm/auth- for-cerdea- hTUVeN/ database
No ask_pass set, using default!
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-
STARTUP_ID: gksu/synaptic/
cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo
cmd[1]: -H
cmd[2]: -S
cmd[3]: -p
cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS
cmd[5]: -u
cmd[6]: root
cmd[7]: --
cmd[8]: synaptic
buffer: -GNOME_SUDO_PASS-
brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended...
Yeah, we're in...
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-
xauth_env: /var/run/
dir: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu