KUser broken when used from Gnome or Unity

[Jordan Erickson]

I like to use KUser to manage users/groups. However, the default package installation and subsequent launch via Gnome Applications -> System Tools -> KUser menu results in the following error: "Cannot open /etc/shadow for reading". It does not ask for my password, rather attempts to launch without escalating my privileges:

The default "exec= " line in /usr/share/applications/kde/kuser.desktop is:
Exec=kuser %i %m -caption "%c"

I must modify the default /usr/share/applications/kde/kuser.desktop "exec= " line to reflect the following to get it to work:
Exec=gksudo kuser

I'm guessing the default "exec= " line reflects variables present only in a KDE session, although this is just a guess.

[Jordan Erickson (lns)]

I should also add that following the error, it *does* allow me into the program, acts as if I'm able to make changes to users and groups, but does not actually commit them. Very confusing to someone that might not otherwise know something is wrong when they can't modify /etc/shadow.

[Rafael Belmonte (eaglescreen)]

This happens because Kuser is launched without administrator privileges.

[Sachin Sharma (sachin-sharma)]

Till permanent solution is found, A workaround will be highly appreciated.