System tools launch yelp as root
Bug #47736 reported by
Joachim Noreiko
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
Those tools that have a help button launch yelp as root.
One problem with this is that my font preferences for yelp are not respected.
(Breezy Badger, GNOME 2.12)
(First filed here: http://
Revision history for this message
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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Thanks for your bug. Maybe with the new gnome-system-tools infrastructure we can make them stop using sudo, might be fixed durin gthe edgy time