Asking for password multiple times

[Jonathan]

I notice that it is asking for my password multiple times in between switching between "manage PPAs" and "Search" -- I think it should ask once at startup and then just allow me to switch functions.

May be related to some errors I got:

```
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/.already_searching': No such file or directory 2024  14:50:57
Error executing command as another user: Request dismissed
grep: +ppas?name_filter=powerline fonts: No such file or directory
grep: +ppas?name_filter=powerline fonts: No such file or directory
grep: +ppas?name_filter=powerline fonts: No such file or directory
paste: .y_ppas_status_regular: No such file or directory
```

Tested: Ubuntu 16.04