it's a bad idea to use kdesudo or gksudo to open a GUI app. On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:19 PM, Dale Trombley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm one of those that always assumed anything graphic needed kdesudo (as > opposed to gksudo). Am I wrong in that assumption? > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Aleix Pol <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Simon Quigley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hello everybody, >> > >> > kdesudo is a tool currently installed in Kubuntu that I believe still >> > uses Qt/KDE 3 or at minimum Qt/KDE 4 libraries. The upstream (us, >> > actually...) doesn't seem to have been committed to it since 2011, >> > leaving users with a vulnerable kdesudo application (kdesu has had >> > multiple CVEs issued against it). At this point I think it's more of a >> > liability to maintain than to drop, and following the mail to drop Qt 4 >> > in Debian Buster[1], I would like to request feedback and see if anyone >> > plans on resurrecting kdesudo or if we should just use kdesu from now on >> > (maybe provide a symlink for compatibility) and drop kdesudo. >> > >> > Thoughts? (Am I missing something?) >> > >> > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/08/msg00 >> 006.html >> >> +1 >> There's plenty of alternatives nowadays so kdesudo isn't required. >> >> Aleix >> >> -- >> kubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm >> an/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >> > > > > -- > > *Webmaster and Admin for:* > *nghsband.com <http://nghsband.com>, depotstreetfarmersmarket.com > <http://depotstreetfarmersmarket.com>, netfa.org <http://netfa.org>, > summerfieldherbfarm.com <http://www.summerfieldherbfarm.com>, > historicthreads.com <http://historicthreads.com>, crockettfriends.com > <http://crockettfriends.com>, traditionsbylittlebird.com > <http://traditionsbylittlebird.com>, trombleyconstruction.com > <http://trombleyconstruction.com>, tnparks.crockettfriends.com > <http://tnparks.crockettfriends.com>* > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > >
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