Synaptic on Guest account will start from command line, but not System->Administration
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gksu (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
When in a Guest account, I can start Synaptic Package Manager from the command line. It gives me a dialog warning that I don't have administrative privilages, but it still opens up.
However, when I open it from the System-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 28 17:20:20 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
| David Collins (davidapc) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Jeff Stone (stone1343) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | synaptic (Ubuntu) → gksu (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in gksu (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Technically, this is working as designed, but gksu should issue a better error message, to the effect that "the current user does not have authority to issue sudo commands"