[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2016-09-21 Thread Oxwivi
I found you could set DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variable, but it gives an
error:

$ sudo DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS gnome-terminal
Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: 
The connection is closed

For the record, I want to integrate apps running in remote machines and
LXC containers into Unity. Obviously they share the same issue are
trying to integrate sudoed apps, namely the apps using session bus
specific to the remote machine or container. As such, I'm trying to
mount my local bus session to the container and telling the apps to use
it.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2016-09-21 Thread Oxwivi
Is there any workarounds like telling the sudoed apps to use the user's
bus session?

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2014-06-06 Thread David Prosén
It would be a big advantage if it could be fixed so it is possible to run Linux 
like OS X but without this menu issue.
I don't know any other stuff on my computer that I am not satisfied with?
Maby we could start fund raising for this? :-)

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2013-02-06 Thread Hanine HAMZIOUI
I have heard that it would be "Won't Fix" unfortunately. For security
reasons when running apps with root privilege, access to menu proxy is
denied.


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Gruntzen <592...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Does anybody know if this bug is anywhere near being fixed? It's a huge
> annoyance when using root-privileged applications.
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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2013-02-05 Thread Gruntzen
Does anybody know if this bug is anywhere near being fixed? It's a huge
annoyance when using root-privileged applications.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-09-14 Thread Omer Akram
** Changed in: indicator-appmenu
   Importance: Wishlist => Low

** Changed in: indicator-appmenu
   Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-08-05 Thread Andrey Gelman
sudo gedit
gedit will start with no global menu integration.

On 08/05/2012 02:50 AM, quequotion wrote:
>>> Dave
> I remember this too. Do you now how it was done?
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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-08-04 Thread quequotion
>>Dave

I remember this too. Do you now how it was done?

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-06-14 Thread Andrey Gelman
On 06/14/2012 07:08 AM, Dave Ahlswede wrote:
> This is still a problem? The Gnome-globalmenu people had the same
> problem briefly after switching to dbus, but they had it fixed within a
> couple months.
>
Yes.
Run, say, 'sudo gedit' from commandline, and see for yourself.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-06-13 Thread Dave Ahlswede
This is still a problem? The Gnome-globalmenu people had the same
problem briefly after switching to dbus, but they had it fixed within a
couple months.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-03-16 Thread Aleve Sicofante
Very inconsistent behavior. How can this be considered "Wishlist"?

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-02-21 Thread quequotion
>>Ted

Canonical's appmenu is also using DBus.

I don't know the details of how it worked exactly, but I remember non-
gtk2 applications (like firefox) never worked with gnome-globalmenu and
I also remember getting global menus for applications run with gksu.

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-02-16 Thread Ted Gould
On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 18:25 +, quequotion wrote:
> gnome-globalmenu could display menus from both user and suid
> applications.
> 
> unfortunately it only worked with gtk applications, but maybe there's
> something in the code that could be applied to indicator-appmenu.

No, the way it worked was significantly different.  It's one of the
downsides of using DBus over the X protocol like it was doing.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-02-14 Thread quequotion
gnome-globalmenu could display menus from both user and suid
applications.

unfortunately it only worked with gtk applications, but maybe there's
something in the code that could be applied to indicator-appmenu.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2012-01-09 Thread Greg Merchan
I thought synaptic was just a poorly written app because it somehow
prevented the menu from going global, until I ran it without privileges
from the command line a moment ago.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-12-01 Thread David Gomes
And Emacs too. In other operating systems that use Global Menus (like
Mac OS), global menus are consistent, and even work with Java menus. I
think the Ubuntu AppMenu should work like that, consistent for all
applications.

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-12-01 Thread Andrey Gelman
Normal menu as opposed to global menu cannot be considered as something 
that distinguishes between normal/root privilege applications, as there 
are applications like LibreOffice and others that just do not implement 
global menu integration, so this would be misleading.

On 12/01/2011 05:48 PM, Johannes Gowin wrote:
> I also think that applications currently using root privileges
>1. should have an optical identification
> BUT  2. really should use the global menu/appmenu for consistency reasons.
>
> Using the normal menu lets every application look crappy and I think
> regarding 'design' it's a weak point to use the normal menu instead of
> the global menu/appmenu for distinguishing normal/root privilege
> applications
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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-12-01 Thread Johannes Gowin
I also think that applications currently using root privileges 
  1. should have an optical identification  
BUT  2. really should use the global menu/appmenu for consistency reasons.

Using the normal menu lets every application look crappy and I think
regarding 'design' it's a weak point to use the normal menu instead of
the global menu/appmenu for distinguishing normal/root privilege
applications

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-10-20 Thread Satchit Bhogle
A yellow-and-black "hazard" striped toolbar would easily communicate
that root is dangerous, and would clearly differentiate it from the
regular applications.

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-10-02 Thread Joaquin
Ummm... I think it's possible, a "proxy" that sends menu from root session
to your panel.
El 02/10/2011 13:25, "David Gomes"  escribió:

> Well, from what I heard, it's not easy to fix, and might even not be
> fixed.
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> Status in The Application Menu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “indicator-appmenu” package in Ubuntu:
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> Bug description:
>  appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root.
>  I tested with synaptic, gksu gedit, and sudo gedit.
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>  possible duplicate of bug 587353
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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-10-02 Thread David Gomes
Well, from what I heard, it's not easy to fix, and might even not be
fixed.

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Re: [Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-10-02 Thread Joaquin
I installed synaptic and it's happening the same.
El 02/10/2011 12:40, "Dmitry Shachnev"  escribió:

> Issue is still present in Oneiric, I can reproduce it with "sudo gedit"
> and "sudo gnome-terminal".
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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-10-02 Thread Dmitry Shachnev
Issue is still present in Oneiric, I can reproduce it with "sudo gedit"
and "sudo gnome-terminal".

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-05-02 Thread Dàrent
Hi David H, i don't think that's possible. I use that plugin in compiz
than you refer, but that plugin only affects to the title bar info, and
the problem is with the menu bar. The title bar and the menu bar are
diferent modules as I understand it (not a programer neither) and so are
controlled by diferent processes. For instance, your title bar can be
controled by gtk-window-decorator or by emerald, while the menubar is
controled by the gtk directly, if I'm not wrong...

Anyway, i read some people says the lack of global menu in root windows
is not a bug, its made on purpose, because they considered than having a
menu with root privileges outside the window than owns it was dangerous.
You may be doing some mistake in a root menu thinking you are
manipulating another user window's menu. But I used the globalmenu
plugin in maverick, which worked in all windows and never had a problem.

Let's see if somebody makes a workarround to make it works system-wide.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-05-01 Thread David H
I was going to file a bug about appmenu not working with programs
launched as another user (not necessarily root) with gksu.  Would I be
right in thinking that solving this current bug would solve that?

As I'm about to prove, I'm no programmer or software designer, but
here's a possible solution to David Barth's second concern: In cssm,
there is a module (Title Bar Info) that puts the word "ROOT:" in the
window title of root apps.  At present, appmenu (or the panel?) does not
reflect this i.e. it doesn't show "ROOT:".  If you could find a way to
"grab" this info from the window title (and switch on the module, which
isn't on by default, and may not even be installed until cssm is) this
might be a workable solution.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-04-30 Thread Tynach
Hmm, why not start up another process for indicator-appmenu? Depending
on if it's a root application, or a user application, decides which one
is displayed up there at the moment. This allows security, hopefully.

The idea is, the user's indicator-appmenu is the only one running while
under normal opperations. But as soon as gksu is called, it will not
only start up the called application, but also a root process for
indicator-appmenu. It should also check to see if indicator-appmenu is
already running as root, so it doesn't duplicate it multiple times,
instead using the same one if multiple programs are being run as root
(like gedit and synaptic).

When elevated privileges are dropped (when no root applications are
running), it should probably quit. Or maybe not, to improve startup
times on further instances of root programs. Up to you.

And of course, if a non-root-user window is highlighted, the bar shows
the indicator-appmenu running as the current user.

This also potentially fixes the problem if people run programs as other
users, not just as root, as it can start an indicator-appmenu for each
user programs are being run as.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-04-13 Thread quequotion
This is confusing, distracting and reducing productivity.

Here's a proposal:

indicator-appmenu gets, initially, read-only access to the root dbus (in
order to draw the menu) and then asks for a password on the first menu
call (by either mouse click or keyboard shortcut). All root privileges
drop once the window is out of focus or closed.

This only requires that indicator-applet temporarily take elevated
privileges. It would be important to drop privileges both for closing
windows and windows loosing focus since a user application could take
advantage of the raised privileges unless they were somehow isolated.

Having to enter a password is probably indication enough that an
application has raised privileges.

If it were not, the root menu could be drawn with inversion of highlight
(selected/mouseover) and unhighlighted (unselected/normal) colors.

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-02-24 Thread Mio
I think it is quite a big inconsistency for unity.. most users won't understand 
why some ("native") applications that ship directly with ubuntu have the menus 
the traditional way..
the visual differentiation between root and non-root application is not an 
issue here since it has nothing to do with the menus specifically imho

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[Bug 592842] Re: appmenu doesn't work with apps run as sudo root

2011-01-04 Thread Omer Akram
gparted runs as sudo(or something like that) and is on the live cd.

** Also affects: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)
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