How can I eliminate the password and confirmation dialogs?

[jcciv]

I back up my Macbook Pro to an external FireWire 800 drive using Smart Update. This is a full backup including ACLs so that it is bootable. When I click start, I am first prompted for my machine password, then prompted to confirm. How do I eliminate these prompts?

[dnanian]

Click the "Unlock" button in the bottom left corner of SuperDuper!'s main window.

[jcciv]

Dh-oh!

What about the irritating confirmation dialog?

[jcciv]

Ah, figured that out, open preferences and unselect "prompt before overwriting"