Hi, On Fri, 03 Aug 2012, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > Applicaltions --> Internet --> Dropbox opens gksudo dialog asking for > password. If I enter that password nothing happens and I don't see any > reason why Dropbox would need root access after it's installed.
It's not gksudo but "pkexec" (PolicyKit) and it should have given a short explanation of why root rights are requested. This can legitimately happen if the dropbox binaries failed to be downloaded during the initial installation. Installing the binary system-wide for all users (in /var/lib/dropbox) requires root access. Do you have something in /var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist now ? If not, you might want to run "dropbox start -i" in a terminal and paste here the output. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Get the Debian Administrator's Handbook: → http://debian-handbook.info/get/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032756 Title: Dropbox wants root access To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1032756/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
