On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Osamu Aoki<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:59:56AM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > ... >> >> This is a design restriction in D-Bus." >> >> [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518390] Well, >> >> that's just stupid, especially for experienced users like myself; I >> >> NEED to be able to use gnome-terminal as root. I don't want a hackish >> >> workaround, I just want it to work as it always has. Is there ANY way >> >> to make D-Bus less restrictive? >> > >> > Well, does this problem happens if user uses sudo mode for gksu. >> > >> > Application-> System Tools-> Configuration Editor: >> > /apps/gksu/sudo-mode >> >> Makes no difference; 'gksu gnome-terminal' fails without a message. >> >> > Also question is what happens if you enter followings in terminal. >> > >> > $ su -c gnome-terminal >> > $ sudo gnome-terminal >> > $ sudo -H gnome-terminal > > Hmmm ... so this > >> All fail with "Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting." > > are coming not from gksu but from gnome-terminal. > > How about > > $ su -c xterm
That gives me this warning: Warning: Tried to connect to session manager, Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed but the xterm opens anyway. > $ sudo xterm Opens the root xterm without warning. > $ sudo -H xterm Likewise. > If this works, this bug needs to be assigned to gnome-terminal. > > It should drop privilidge to use $SUDO_USER for sudo or $USERNAME for su > which ever is not root before accessing GConf. > There is already a bug filed against gnome-terminal on this issue; I added my 2 cents to that bug. >> Apparently, dbus will accept changes in a system-local.conf file, so >> I'll see if I can figure out what I need to do in there. > > This path may work but is not generic solution for all of us to live with. The problem is, I think, that someone upstream thinks that this limitation is a feature not a bug, and so it's unlikely to get fixed. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
