Your message dated Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:02:03 +0000
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and subject line Bug#512803: fixed in gksu 2.0.0-7
has caused the Debian Bug report #512803,
regarding gnome-terminal doesnt start as root with su or gksu
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512803: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512803
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Subject: gnome-terminal doesnt start as root with su or gksu
Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.22.3-3
Severity: normal
When started using su or gksu, gnome-terminal still start a terminal as
user, not root.
As such, the default Gnome menu entry "Root terminal" (which uses gksu) does
not work.
To reproduce, from an existing terminal:
$ gksu gnome-terminal
or
$ su -c gnome-terminal
It works fine with sudo or gksudo. xterm starts fine (as root) with su or
gksu.
It seems to have something to do with session management.
Compare the ouputs when launching xterm and gnome-terminal:
***
$ su -c gnome-terminal
Password:
(gnome-terminal:14343): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session
manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
$ su -c xterm
Password:
Warning: Tried to connect to session manager, Authentication Rejected,
reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and
host-based authentication failed
***
It looks like the same problem happens, but xterm treats it as a warning
rather than error.
Also note that when gnome-terminal fail this way, the "su" command will
return, and another user terminal will be launched. Whereas if using sudo
the "sudo" command will not return until the newly launched terminal is
closed.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii gnome-terminal-data 2.22.3-3 Data files for the GNOME
terminal
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database
syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.3-1 library to load .glade files at
ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime
file
ii libgnomeui-0 2.20.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User
Interf
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-4 The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.16-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA
ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-3 Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 library for program launch
feedbac
ii libvte9 1:0.16.14-4 Terminal emulator widget for
GTK+
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client
libra
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-16 A free electronic cataloging
syste
Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii yelp 2.22.1-8 Help browser for GNOME 2
gnome-terminal suggests no packages.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: gksu
Source-Version: 2.0.0-7
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gksu, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
gksu_2.0.0-7.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/gksu/gksu_2.0.0-7.diff.gz
gksu_2.0.0-7.dsc
to pool/main/g/gksu/gksu_2.0.0-7.dsc
gksu_2.0.0-7_amd64.deb
to pool/main/g/gksu/gksu_2.0.0-7_amd64.deb
nautilus-gksu_2.0.0-7_amd64.deb
to pool/main/g/gksu/nautilus-gksu_2.0.0-7_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Josselin Mouette <[email protected]> (supplier of updated gksu package)
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:01:17 +0100
Source: gksu
Binary: gksu nautilus-gksu
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 2.0.0-7
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Gustavo Noronha Silva <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Josselin Mouette <[email protected]>
Description:
gksu - graphical frontend to su
nautilus-gksu - privilege granting extension for nautilus using gksu
Closes: 512803
Changes:
gksu (2.0.0-7) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ Emilio Pozuelo Monfort ]
* debian/control.in: Wrap dependencies.
.
[ Loic Minier ]
* Clean up postinst and use lt-nl instead of checking $2.
* Add depends on {misc:Depends} to the nautilus package as well.
* Drop Debian revision from libgksu build-dep.
.
[ Josselin Mouette ]
* 03_dbus_address.diff: new patch. Remove the D-Bus session bus
address from the environment to work around a bug in libbonobo when
launching the root terminal. Closes: #512803.
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