How to avoid password prompt when starting Synaptic?
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Whenever I start the Synaptic package manager, it asks for a password. How do I make it skip that dialog?
I'm using Debian 9.8.
debian sudo password root synaptic
edited 35 mins ago
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Whenever I start the Synaptic package manager, it asks for a password. How do I make it skip that dialog?
I'm using Debian 9.8.
debian sudo password root synaptic
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
It will not be a problem for Debian 10. (-:
– JdeBP
14 mins ago
@JdeBP Why? What are people supposed to use for package management? Only terminal?
– Fabian Röling
13 mins ago
Also, this is technically not Synaptic specific, but that's the only program where I remember encountering that, so people will likely search for that.
– Fabian Röling
12 mins ago
add a comment |
Whenever I start the Synaptic package manager, it asks for a password. How do I make it skip that dialog?
I'm using Debian 9.8.
debian sudo password root synaptic
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
Whenever I start the Synaptic package manager, it asks for a password. How do I make it skip that dialog?
I'm using Debian 9.8.
debian sudo password root synaptic
debian sudo password root synaptic
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
edited 35 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
41.9k1483142
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
asked 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
8111
It will not be a problem for Debian 10. (-:
– JdeBP
14 mins ago
@JdeBP Why? What are people supposed to use for package management? Only terminal?
– Fabian Röling
13 mins ago
Also, this is technically not Synaptic specific, but that's the only program where I remember encountering that, so people will likely search for that.
– Fabian Röling
12 mins ago
add a comment |
It will not be a problem for Debian 10. (-:
– JdeBP
14 mins ago
@JdeBP Why? What are people supposed to use for package management? Only terminal?
– Fabian Röling
13 mins ago
Also, this is technically not Synaptic specific, but that's the only program where I remember encountering that, so people will likely search for that.
– Fabian Röling
12 mins ago
It will not be a problem for Debian 10. (-:
– JdeBP
14 mins ago
It will not be a problem for Debian 10. (-:
– JdeBP
14 mins ago
@JdeBP Why? What are people supposed to use for package management? Only terminal?
– Fabian Röling
13 mins ago
@JdeBP Why? What are people supposed to use for package management? Only terminal?
– Fabian Röling
13 mins ago
Also, this is technically not Synaptic specific, but that's the only program where I remember encountering that, so people will likely search for that.
– Fabian Röling
12 mins ago
Also, this is technically not Synaptic specific, but that's the only program where I remember encountering that, so people will likely search for that.
– Fabian Röling
12 mins ago
add a comment |
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Edit the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy (yes, even in Debian), it's an XML document. In the <policyconfig> tag, there is a <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic"> tag, somewhere in there is a <defaults> tag. This tag includes the tags <allow_any>, <allow_inactive> and <allow_active>. Set the value in all of them to yes. Now the prompt should be skipped.
The same also works for other prompts like this. They all have a "Details" button, clicking that shows which the exact ID of the program is that requests root access. Edit the corresponding <ID>.policy file in a similar way to skip their prompts.
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in/usr/sharewill be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in/etc/polkit-1, allowing your user thecom.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policyaction withallow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442
– muru
2 mins ago
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Edit the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy (yes, even in Debian), it's an XML document. In the <policyconfig> tag, there is a <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic"> tag, somewhere in there is a <defaults> tag. This tag includes the tags <allow_any>, <allow_inactive> and <allow_active>. Set the value in all of them to yes. Now the prompt should be skipped.
The same also works for other prompts like this. They all have a "Details" button, clicking that shows which the exact ID of the program is that requests root access. Edit the corresponding <ID>.policy file in a similar way to skip their prompts.
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
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No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in/usr/sharewill be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in/etc/polkit-1, allowing your user thecom.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policyaction withallow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442
– muru
2 mins ago
add a comment |
Edit the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy (yes, even in Debian), it's an XML document. In the <policyconfig> tag, there is a <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic"> tag, somewhere in there is a <defaults> tag. This tag includes the tags <allow_any>, <allow_inactive> and <allow_active>. Set the value in all of them to yes. Now the prompt should be skipped.
The same also works for other prompts like this. They all have a "Details" button, clicking that shows which the exact ID of the program is that requests root access. Edit the corresponding <ID>.policy file in a similar way to skip their prompts.
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in/usr/sharewill be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in/etc/polkit-1, allowing your user thecom.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policyaction withallow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442
– muru
2 mins ago
add a comment |
Edit the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy (yes, even in Debian), it's an XML document. In the <policyconfig> tag, there is a <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic"> tag, somewhere in there is a <defaults> tag. This tag includes the tags <allow_any>, <allow_inactive> and <allow_active>. Set the value in all of them to yes. Now the prompt should be skipped.
The same also works for other prompts like this. They all have a "Details" button, clicking that shows which the exact ID of the program is that requests root access. Edit the corresponding <ID>.policy file in a similar way to skip their prompts.
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
Edit the file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy (yes, even in Debian), it's an XML document. In the <policyconfig> tag, there is a <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic"> tag, somewhere in there is a <defaults> tag. This tag includes the tags <allow_any>, <allow_inactive> and <allow_active>. Set the value in all of them to yes. Now the prompt should be skipped.
The same also works for other prompts like this. They all have a "Details" button, clicking that shows which the exact ID of the program is that requests root access. Edit the corresponding <ID>.policy file in a similar way to skip their prompts.
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
answered 41 mins ago
Fabian RölingFabian Röling
8111
8111
No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in/usr/sharewill be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in/etc/polkit-1, allowing your user thecom.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policyaction withallow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442
– muru
2 mins ago
add a comment |
No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in/usr/sharewill be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in/etc/polkit-1, allowing your user thecom.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policyaction withallow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442
– muru
2 mins ago
No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in
/usr/share will be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in /etc/polkit-1, allowing your user the com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy action with allow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442– muru
2 mins ago
No, that's not the way to do this. Any edits to files in
/usr/share will be lost when the package owning that file gets updated. The right way to set Polkit privileges is to create PKLA files in /etc/polkit-1, allowing your user the com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic.policy action with allow_active, etc. set to yes. You don't need to, and shouldn't, edit these XML files instead. See, e.g., askubuntu.com/a/614537/158442– muru
2 mins ago
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It will not be a problem for Debian 10. (-:
– JdeBP
14 mins ago
@JdeBP Why? What are people supposed to use for package management? Only terminal?
– Fabian Röling
13 mins ago
Also, this is technically not Synaptic specific, but that's the only program where I remember encountering that, so people will likely search for that.
– Fabian Röling
12 mins ago