Bug#570700: admin menus don't work if root is disabled

FEJES Jozsef jozsef.fejes at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 09:02:31 UTC 2010


> Maybe d-i can set a debconf value that gksu would use to choose the
> default, but this might fall afoul of the 'Debconf is not a registry'
> policy.

It doesn't have to be a debconf setting, gksu can just check at install
time if there is a root password or not, and if there isn't, it should pick
sudo. Seems like a sensible default and doesn't bother the user with
a debconf question, or it could be a low priority warning or something.






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