Ah, pkexec indeed seems to be the magic bit that I had overlooked. That's much better than creating a whole new dbus service, thanks.
** Also affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Medium Status: Triaged ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) => Steve Langasek (vorlon) ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Steve Langasek (vorlon) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982032 Title: package-data-downloader user.d hook relies on gksudo, not present on Kubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/982032/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs