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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:33 +0100
Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> > I noticed this before, but forgot about it. When you open any app
> > requiring sudo privileges you only get one go at the password.  If you get
> > it wrong you have to restart the app.  This is true in both Lucid and
> > Maverick.  In X/Ubuntu you get several (three?) attempts, useful for clumsy
> > typists.
> >
> Do you mean using gksudo or sudo in command line??
> 
> Remember sudo is ONLY for command line apps and gksudo is for X based apps.
> -Andy (actionParsnip)
> 
sudo is OK, it gives you the three attempts.  gksu or gksudo only give the one attempt or something like synaptic gives only one attempt.


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