changed manually in /usr/share/applications/zenmap-root.desktop to this:
TryExec=gksudo zenmap
Exec=gksudo zenmap %F
and all works fine.
maybe this package needs replacing .desktop files for using gksudo (it is
present in all *buntu spins and mixes)
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zenmap: inconsistency between suggested
** Changed in: nmap (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
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zenmap: inconsistency between suggested package and method used for
su-to-root/gksu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441962
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Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be
reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the
development release - Karmic Koala. It would help us greatly if you
could test with it so we can
In the amd64 and i386 karmic packages the file in question is still
broken.
I don't have time to test the install (this tool is on a net book
required for work), but inspection of the package shows that the path in
the file in question (`/usr/share/applications/zenmap-root.desktop') now
attempts
