Package: libgksu2-0 Version: 2.0.13~pre1-6 Severity: serious Tags: patch Justification: 0.
Dear Maintainer, Since 2008, if root account has no password or is locked (e.g. by `passwd -d root`, using sudo accounts), then certain desktop gksu invocations fail (unetbootin from the menu, wicd, ...). They fail because the GConf key /apps/gksu/sudo-mode is not set by default. More info in Debian gksu bug #481686 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481689 I provide a patch for libgksu-2.0.postinst script that fixes this issue (after each gksu installation). This bug has been present since lenny, there's no reason not to fix it for wheezy. I'm marking this bug serious on RC_policy justification that it "makes unrelated software on the system break." While the short postinst patch may fix the problem, this is really just a hack. Rather, I think opinionated, libgksu should have the 'can-root-even-log-in?' check **hard-coded** (and if root can't log in, provide sudo behavior). Think about it, if root cannot log in, who is going to do administrative tasks if not sudo users? -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libgksu2-0 depends on: ii gconf2 3.2.5-1+build1 ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2 ii libc6 2.13-37 ii libcairo2 1.12.2-2 ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-7 ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1 ii libgconf2-4 3.2.5-1+build1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-3 ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.10-2 ii libgtop2-7 2.28.4-3 ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1 ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-1 ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1 ii xauth 1:1.0.7-1 Versions of packages libgksu2-0 recommends: ii sudo 1.8.5p2-1 libgksu2-0 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
default_to_sudo_if_no_root_password.patch
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