Public bug reported: With the loss of gksu in Bionic one needs to use pkexec for root access geany editing. However, geany does not have a policy file. This needs to be added to the package
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd"> <policyconfig> <vendor>Geany</vendor> <vendor_url></vendor_url> <icon_name>geany</icon_name> <action id="org.geany.pkexec"> <description>Run Geany as root</description> <message>Authentication is required to run Geany as root.</message> <defaults> <allow_any>no</allow_any> <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive> <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active> </defaults> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/geany</annotate> <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate> </action> ** Affects: geany (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767737 Title: Geany doesn't have a policy file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geany/+bug/1767737/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs