Comment 10 for bug 624095

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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> 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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