I can confirm this bug in Ubuntu 9.04 (my first steps with Gnome after several years of KDE).
======= works ============= edu...@nb-ewulff:~$ gksudo -d nautilus No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-u3Ectl/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksudo/nautilus/16567-0-nb-ewulff_TIME10844278 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: root cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: nautilus buffer: -- brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended... No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password. xauth: /tmp/libgksu-u3Ectl/.Xauthority xauth_env: /home/eduard/.Xauthority dir: /tmp/libgksu-u3Ectl ======= does not ============= edu...@nb-ewulff:~$ gksudo -d -u palo nautilus No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-tYOcES/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksudo/nautilus/16570-0-nb-ewulff_TIME10864983 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: palo cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: nautilus buffer: -No protocol specified- brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended... No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password. No protocol specifiedCould not parse arguments: Anzeige kann nicht geöffnet werden: xauth: /tmp/libgksu-tYOcES/.Xauthority xauth_env: /home/eduard/.Xauthority dir: /tmp/libgksu-tYOcES The last case is what I want. I can login as user palo but switching between whole sessions is not my intention. -- gksuexec doesn't work in dapper ! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/47388 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
