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[Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah that is normal. Happens on my Ubuntu desktop too.
-Andy

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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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> Steve Cook (Yorvyk)
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