Bug#661626: system-config-printer: Endless root password request loop if run as user and no root password present or wrong

[Lorenzo Sutton]

Package: system-config-printer
Version: 1.3.7-3
Severity: normal

- Run as user
- Click on "Add printer"
- root password prompt
- No way to get out

This is especially bad with systems without root password


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages system-config-printer depends on:
ii  gnome-icon-theme    3.2.1.2-1
ii  python              2.7.2-10
ii  python-cups         1.9.48-1+b1
ii  python-cupshelpers  1.3.7-3
ii  python-dbus         0.84.0-3
ii  python-glade2       2.24.0-2
ii  python-gnome2       2.28.1-3
ii  python-gtk2         2.24.0-2
ii  python-libxml2      2.7.8.dfsg-7
ii  python-notify       0.1.1-3
ii  python-support      1.0.14

Versions of packages system-config-printer recommends:
pn  cups-pk-helper              <none>
pn  system-config-printer-udev  <none>

Versions of packages system-config-printer suggests:
pn  python-gnomekeyring  <none>
pn  python-smbc          <none>
pn  sessioninstaller     <none>

-- no debconf information