title: Running a program in the background as sudo
body: <p>I am on a linux virtual machine and I'm trying to run the command <code>sudo synaptic &amp;</code> which should start synaptic in the background. However, it doesn't ask for the password and the program doesn't seem to start. I have not typed my password earlier, as running any other command withouth the &amp; at the end ask for my password. What is the problem?</p>