Catfish file search - updating data base asking for authentication as superuser

[Moltke]

When it asks for the update and you can't get your pw to work, you could close it, then, from the command line:

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sudo catfish
The terminal will ask for your pw, but you shouldn't get the pw message from catfish. Hopefully, once you update the db, it won't ask again for a long time, and you can run catfish from your menu and/or panel.

It's better to use gksu than sudo for GUIs apps, as explained here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

You should never use normal sudo to start graphical applications as root. 
You should use gksudo (kdesudo on Kubuntu) to run such programs. gksudo sets 
HOME=~root, and copies .Xauthority to a tmp directory. This prevents files 
in your home directory becoming owned by root. 
(AFAICT, this is all that's special about the environment of the started   
 process with gksudo vs. sudo).

So, instead of

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sudo catfish you should be using

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gksu catfish

Hope this helps!

[jerryc]

Open Lite User Manager and see how many users are listed in the drop down box. Then see which ones have the sudo box ticked or unticked.

Wow! What a great feature. Simple elegance.

[Jerry]

Open Lite User Manager and see how many users are listed in the drop down box. Then see which ones have the sudo box ticked or unticked.

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[jerryc]

When it asks for the update and you can't get your pw to work, you could close it, then, from the command line:

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sudo catfish
The terminal will ask for your pw, but you shouldn't get the pw message from catfish. Hopefully, once you update the db, it won't ask again for a long time, and you can run catfish from your menu and/or panel.

[JanetBiggar]

I only ever set up one user and this same pw works to get into any other area (say synaptics, etc). Is there something "special" I need to do to log in as sudo?

[Jerry]

Are you logged in as the user with sudo privileges, or as the student who I assume would have none.

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[DeepThought]

Hi @JanetBiggar  Is "Numlock" enabled ?  Quite often when log in "Numlock" is disabled and inputting the password works, but afterwards as you reach the desktop Linux Lite enables "Numlock" by default. This would then make the password incorrect if you use any key that has been locked by "Numlock".

Usually there is any indicator light to show "Numlock" is on, but a quick way to test is to try "sudo apt update" and try inputting your password when requested. If this fails because of invalid password then I'd guess numlock is on and you can disable it using an F key or more permanently using Lite-Tweaks

[JanetBiggar]

Good, the pics are there however the second pic should be the first then the order is correct.

[JanetBiggar]

Not sure you can see all the pics so will try again:

https://imgur.com/a/VGkY7u6

[JanetBiggar]

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. 

Jerryc - I can certainly choose to NOT update and it works just fine.
Jerry & m654321 - I am definitely using the correct password as it is the same password I use to get into the laptop and to be doubly sure I did try it again making certain I was typing it in correctly.  Still got the same thing.  I took some screen shots and will try to post them here.  After the last screen shot I then got a message saying something to the effect that it was not responding and did I want to close it or wait.  I closed it.

It's not a bit deal since the file search still works, however just in case someone is interested in determining the problem.

Here goes let me try uploading the pics:

https://imgur.com/Z3tOSr4

Hope this works...

[m654321]

"the data base hasn't been updated for more than 7 days, update now?" So I clicked on it.

Hi Janet,

As far as I know, this message is normal. I get it from time to time, when I haven't searched a large video database (on external drive) for a while. What you did was fine, but as Jerry said your password must be incorrect. Maybe time to reset your password if you've forgotten it, or can't find where you wrote it down ...

[jerryc]

I'm loving the file search DeepThought told me about and using it a lot.

Catfish is great.

... had message at the top saying "the data base hasn't been updated for more than 7 days, update now?"

I've been using it for years on systems with quite a bit of data, know I've gone way more than 7 days between uses, and never gotten such a message. On any hardware from this century you should never notice a performance issue even if it never updates the database. If there's an option to skip that step, you can try that, too, but the real Jerry is probably right, you probably just mistyped your pw.

[Jerry]

It'll be the wrong password entered. Your user password will work.

[JanetBiggar]

I'm loving the file search DeepThought told me about and using it a lot.

Today on one of the laptops I'm readying for a youth had message at the top saying "the data base hasn't been updated for more than 7 days, update now?" So I clicked on it.

A message indicated it needed to be refreshed and this required administrator privileges and authentication as super user so I entered the pw I set for Administrator (it is the only pw I have ever entered for the system). It doesn't accept my pw, is there a specific superuser pw that I have not set myself of which I am not aware?

What do I need to do?