This happens because Kuser is launched without administrator privileges.
** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- KUser broken when used from Gnome
+ KUser broken when used from Gnome or Unity
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269196
Title:
KUser broken when used from Gnome or Unity
Status in “kdeadmin” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I like to use KUser to manage users/groups. However, the default
package installation and subsequent launch via Gnome Applications ->
System Tools -> KUser menu results in the following error: "Cannot
open /etc/shadow for reading". It does not ask for my password, rather
attempts to launch without escalating my privileges:
The default "exec= " line in /usr/share/applications/kde/kuser.desktop is:
Exec=kuser %i %m -caption "%c"
I must modify the default /usr/share/applications/kde/kuser.desktop "exec= "
line to reflect the following to get it to work:
Exec=gksudo kuser
I'm guessing the default "exec= " line reflects variables present only
in a KDE session, although this is just a guess.
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