On 28 Aug 2023 18:32, Bruno Schneider wrote:
Hi all,
I'm running Debian Testing, using XFCE. I run synaptic package manager
from a launcher I made a few years ago. After a system upgrade today,
I can no longer run synaptic from the launcher.
Using the command line (same command as the launcher), I got this:
$ /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
This incident has been reported.
If I use sudo, then it works, but pkexec used to open a graphical
password input to run synaptic as root, which is what I want, for
opening it using the launcher. What did I break?
It seems you are in the sudo group, so pkexec should work.
"/usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec" is a one line shell script, a simple wrapper
to "pkexec".
As you're using Debian testing:
- was pkexec/policykit upgraded today ?
- what was updated today ?
ie. read the logs in /var/log/apt/*
- did you check the changelog for pkexec ?
$ zcat /usr/share/doc/pkexec/changelog.Debian.gz
Also, the pkexec man page says :
As a result, pkexec will not by default allow
you to run X11 applications as another user since the $DISPLAY
and $XAUTHORITY environment variables are not
set. These two variables will be retained if the
org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui annotation on an
action is set to a nonempty value; this is discouraged, though, and
should only be used for legacy programs.
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zithro / Cyril
