Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) reached end-of-life on July 28, 2016.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1516332 Title: Add policy to Polkit Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: http://www.webupd8.org/2015/03/how-to-run-gedit-and-nautilus-as- root.html Add the file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotice/webupd8/master/org.gnome.gedit.policy to /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/ So the user can start a gedit session with superuser privileges to edit files outside the home directory using 'pkexec gedit'. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: gedit 3.10.4-0ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-18.22-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Classic:GNOME Date: Sun Nov 15 02:36:55 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-26 (688 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1516332/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
