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I have just ran into an odd situation where popular Youtube player for
Ubuntu "Minitube" asked me for root permissions after clicking on the
app to run it. Has anyone else ran into the same issue? This could
potentially be a security risk.
What I was doing right before I clicked: I was installing updates via
the Ubuntu Software Updater. I know for a fact the software updater did
not request root permissions (I always watch the updater as it begins to
download making sure I have no open apps that will try to update and
that no root permissions will be needed for extensive updates and/or
updates via PPA)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: minitube 2.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Dec 12 12:18:43 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-08 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: minitube
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: minitube (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd amd64 apport-bug minitube root security sudo superuser utopic
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Minitube requires root permissions *sometimes*
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401992
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