Desktop launcher uses gksu -u root instead of gksudo

Bug #25782 reported by Julien Olivier
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
synaptic (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Michael Vogt

Bug Description

The launch command used in Synaptic's desktop file in a recently updated Dapper
is "gksu -u root synaptic" instead of "gksudo synaptic". Thus, it's impossible
to launch Synaptic without having a root password set.

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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote :

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 25746.

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