Re: [LUG] Debian 7 and sudo

[Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14 June 2013 13:09, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Further to the above, I checked via synaptic and found that gksu was not installed. So I installed it and I can now start a program as root via alt-f2, eg gksu mousepad.

Strange to say though, using gksu I need the root password. Using sudo in a terminal screen I need my 'normal user' password!

Neil

SU requires a root password. GKSU will do also.

SUDO required your password. GKSUDO will do also.

Different tools for different jobs.

Grant.

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