Factual problem with sudo on page 123
Bug #585484 reported by
Benjamin Radke
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Manual |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Jason Cook |
Bug Description
Chapter 6, 'Introducing sudo'
Page 123
In the example of sudo a graphical application is used (gedit). As far as I know using sudo with graphical applications is dangerous and I was told to use gksudo (for further information: http://
I think that a non-graphical application might be better as a example.
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Changed in ubuntu-manual: | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Jason.Cook599 (jason-cook599) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-manual: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in ubuntu-manual: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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I missed that there is another bug to this fact: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu- manual/ +bug/546295
At least I think that the same text passage is meant even though the page numbers differs (perhaps the reason why I missed it first).
Nevertheless I think it is not a good idea to use a graphical application as an example, also there would be probably no problem with especially gedit. The eventuality that a user accidentally uses sudo with an graphical application which causes a log in problem alarms me.