[Bug 246192] Re: gksu to regular users broken

2010-05-04 Thread ceg
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 275304 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275304 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 275304 run as different user fails (wrong ownership of .Xauthority and /tmp/libgksu-xxx) -- gksu to regular users broken

[Bug 246192] Re: gksu to regular users broken

2009-07-23 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low -- gksu to regular users broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246192 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 246192] Re: gksu to regular users broken

2009-05-22 Thread ceg
Still no gksu functionality to run apps as a differnt user (other then root) in ubuntu 9.04. (i.e. no way to quickly check your own email on the computer running all day at the reception with the account used by all the receptionists for example.) -- gksu to regular users broken

[Bug 246192] Re: gksu to regular users broken

2009-05-22 Thread ceg
The following wiki page now contains more information and ties together related bugs. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiUserManagement -- gksu to regular users broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246192 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 246192] Re: gksu to regular users broken

2009-02-25 Thread pitwalker
I also hate that. The menu commands are useless for normal users! Is Ubuntu Linux for human beings? When an account cannot have sudo rights (for anything), the humanoid question is: What is the root's password? Or please select/write an admin account name and gave that account's password.

[Bug 246192] Re: gksu to regular users broken

2009-02-25 Thread pitwalker
alap is my first account, an admin account. gksu -u alap /usr/local/sbin/synaptic this command not works with alap's password this command not works with root's password (I tested under XFCE) ** Attachment added: gksu -u alap /usr/local/sbin/synaptic