Package: wicd-gtk Version: 1.7.0+ds1-2 Severity: normal Yes, the problem disappears after I add that line to sudoers. What happens now is:
1) I press the Scripts button 2) I get an info window informing me about starting a window with root priveliges without using a password. The title is "Granted permissions without asking for password". The "Configure scripts" window appears at the same time. The message in the info window is (quote): ********* The '/usr/share/wicd/gtk/configscript.py '0' 'wireless'' program was started with the privileges of the root user without the need to ask for a password, due to your system's authentication mechanism setup. It is possible that you are being allowed to run specific programs as user root without the need for a password, or that the password is cached. This is not a problem report; it's simply a notification to make sure you are aware of this. ************ I'll probably not keep that sudoers line since it is probably a security risk. Maybe I'll include a more restrictive version of it. Btw, my user is a member of the following groups (in addition to the group with the same name as the user): dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev bluetooth powerdev netdev Best regards Torquil Sørensen -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages wicd-gtk depends on: ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-glade2 2.17.0-2 GTK+ bindings: Glade support ii python-gtk2 2.17.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge ii wicd-daemon 1.7.0+ds1-2 wired and wireless network manager Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends: ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su ii python-notify 0.1.1-2+b2 Python bindings for libnotify ii sudo 1.7.2p6-1 Provide limited super user privile wicd-gtk suggests no packages. Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.2.24-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy ii dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2 DHCP client ii iproute 20100224-5 networking and traffic control too ii iputils-ping 3:20100214-1 Tools to test the reachability of ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii net-tools 1.60-23 The NET-3 networking toolkit ii psmisc 22.11-1 utilities that use the proc file s ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-dbus 0.83.1-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii python-gobject 2.21.1-1 Python bindings for the GObject li ii python-iniparse 0.3.2-1 Module to access and modify config ii python-wicd 1.7.0+ds1-2 wired and wireless network manager ii wireless-tools 30~pre9-4 Tools for manipulating Linux Wirel ii wpasupplicant 0.6.10-2 client support for WPA and WPA2 (I Versions of packages python-wicd depends on: ii python-support 1.0.8 automated rebuilding support for P -- debconf information: * wicd/users: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
