james wrote:
goes into synaptic you get "enter the administrative password" and below one has the buttons 'Save for this session' and 'save in the keyring'. Save for this session is SET BY DEFAULT... why on earth! ubuntu doesn't have those buttons - it's just enter password.
I can't think why anyone would want to save the password and have root privilege set for a session. Idea of root is when admin is required one does the admin and then exits returning to user status. Debian's got an entry in 'my black book'.
I just tried this on my debian desktop system and the "Remember password" tickbox above the "Save for this session" and "Save in the keyring" is unticked by default, so it doesn't matter that "Save for this session" is highlighted as you'd need to tick the "Remember" first anyway. Maybe it changed since I installed this, though.
Don't give it an entry in your black book - give it an entry in bugs.debian.org (but be aware it'll show your email address) by running Debian: Applications: System: Administration: Reportbug or similar.
Based on watching System Monitor: Processes while trying it and then using locate su-to-root and reading that file, I think the package is probably gksu but it could be kde4su or sux instead. They're used in that order of preference, so check what's installed on your system.
Hope that helps,