** Also affects: menu (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- Unable to launch zenmap and bleachbit as root on Wayland session
+ Unable to launch zenmap, bleachbit, gui-apt-key as root on Wayland session
** Also affects: gui-apt-key (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Ubuntu 17.10
2a. Install zenmap and menu package (see bug 1713274)
2b. Install bleachbit package
+ 2c. Install gui-apt-key package
3a. Try to launch zenmap from shortcut "Zenmap (as root)" (located in
/usr/share/applications/zenmap-root.desktop)
- 3b.
+ 3b. Try to launch bleachbit from shortcut "Bleachbit (as root)" (located in
/usr/share/applications/bleachbit-root.desktop)
+
4a. Get error window:
Failed to run zenmap as user root.
Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file.
4b. Get error window:
Failed to run bleachbit as user root.
Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file.
+ 4c. Get error window:
+ Failed to run /usr/sbin/gak as user root.
+ Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file.
Expected results:
- * zenmap || bleachbit may be run as root
+ * zenmap || bleachbit || gak may be run as root
Actual results:
- * unable to run zenmap || bleachbit as root
+ * unable to run zenmap || bleachbit || gak as root
Additional info:
$ export | grep "SESSION\|DESK"
declare -x DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus"
declare -x
DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID="1082dacfd3a20e972150382958079482700000012280008"
declare -x DESKTOP_SESSION="gnome"
declare -x GDMSESSION="gnome"
declare -x GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID="this-is-deprecated"
declare -x
SESSION_MANAGER="local/artful:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1228,unix/artful:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1228"
declare -x XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="GNOME"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP="gnome"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_ID="2"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_TYPE="wayland"
and this operations does not help:
artful@artful:~$ xhost +si:localuser:root
localuser:root being added to access control list
artful@artful:~$ gksudo zenmap
Error copying '/home/artful/.Xauthority' to '/tmp/libgksu-AgXCxW': No such
file or directory
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: zenmap 7.50-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 27 13:28:31 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha i386 (20170826)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: nmap
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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