Bug#481689: should default to gksudo if root doesn't have a password

Josselin Mouette joss at debian.org
Sat May 17 23:29:00 UTC 2008


Le samedi 17 mai 2008 à 18:26 -0400, Avery Fay a écrit :
> Package: gksu
> Version: 2.0.0-5
> Severity: important
> 
> The latest snapshots of the debian installer allow root to have no 
> password (pure sudo system). Since gksu seems to default to su behavior 
> instead of sudo behavior, this breaks all of gnomes admin menu items. I 
> think gksu should check whether root has a password and if not it should 
> default to gksudo behavior.

In this case, I think the installer should globally set
the /apps/gksu/sudo-mode GConf key.

D-I team: which package is responsible for this? Fixing things this way
should be quite simple.

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