apport (0.56) feisty; urgency=low
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* apport/ui.py, open_url(): When being invoked as root, call gnome-open or
firefox as root through sudo instead of dropping our uid/gid and calling
it normally. The latter does not work for Firefox for some mysterious
reason. Thanks to Mika F
Fixed in bzr head, will upload after Feisty's unfreeze.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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webbrowser fails to open for system crash when it runs as root
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81207
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Glad I could help! :)
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Gosh, sometimes things can be so easy! :)
Thanks a lot Mika, you saved my day!
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt
Status: Needs Info => In Progress
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webbrowser fails to open for system crash when it runs as root
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81207
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There seems to be some support in firefox for using it with sudo, so
maybe you could use sudo to change the uid, since that seems to be the
cause of the problem.
See the attached modified version of your testcase. This one works for
me but I'm not sure if there are security issues with this approa
I created a test script which opens a browser as the user from a process
running as root (through sudo). This is more or less what is happening
when the user files a report for a system process crash.
sudo ./test-81207.py epiphany
works just fine, but
sudo ./test-81207.py firefox
errors ou
If you use apport 0.49 (to be uploaded today), then this phenomenon only
occurs if you use Firefox as your prefered browser. With Epiphany it
just works. With Firefox I now get 'Firefox is already running, but is
not responding.'. I don't know why, I have to figure this out later.
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webbrowser f
I think apport-gtk doesn't have permissions to fire up something in your
DISPLAY. A cookie issue?
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Summary changed:
- webbrowser fails to open for system crash
+ webbrowser fails to open for system crash when it runs as root
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** Summary changed:
- Fails to report bug
+ webbrowser fails to open for system crash
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Status: Needs Info => Confirmed
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