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:

Code:

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

Code:

sudo catfish

you should be using

Code:

gksu catfish

Hope this helps!