On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 03:25:07PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.33 > Followup-For: Bug #410875 > > No, installing gksu and/or kdesu only partially addresses the problem. While > it is true that both of these packages can be configured to use sudo instead > of su, some menu entries are run in the terminal and therefore cannot use > either graphical wrapper. So it falls on su-to-root to decide how to acquire > root to run them. The end result is that the user is prompted for a root > password which is not set, and therefore the menu entry is useless. Actually, > it is worse than useless: it is broken, so far as the user of the livecd is > concerned. A prompt appears for a password that they don't know (because no > password was ever set!) which is sure to cause a fair amount of frustration. > Also, this problem does not only afflict livecd users, but any user who > prefers sudo over su to become root on their system. > > You already have a ~/.su-to-rootrc. Why not make it possible for su-to-root > to be configured, like gksu, kdesu and sux to use sudo for text mode? > Something like SU_TO_ROOT_SU=sudo?
I have no objection. This will be done as soon as Etch is released. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large blue swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
