Comment 4 for bug 540732

example run (I received one prompt for the passphrase, and entered one obviously wrong; no other prompts):

$ gksu --debug -u root synaptic
No ask_pass set, using default!
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu/.Xauthority
STARTUP_ID: gksu/synaptic/11461-0-xango_TIME259325426
cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo
cmd[1]: -H
cmd[2]: -S
cmd[3]: -p
cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS
cmd[5]: -u
cmd[6]: root
cmd[7]: --
cmd[8]: synaptic
buffer: -GNOME_SUDO_PASS-
brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended...
Yeah, we're in...
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu/.Xauthority
xauth_env: /var/run/gdm/auth-for-cerdea-hTUVeN/database
dir: /tmp/libgksu-ehjzvu