root windows doesn't show the menus on unity's menu bar
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AppMenu GTK+ |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Unity |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity
For example, Synaptic or others with root permission
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Fri Apr 1 13:53:41 2011
InstallationMedia: elementary
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-01 (30 days ago)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in appmenu-gtk: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Would solving this bug be a security concern?
I don't think GUI applications should ever be run as root if possible. It increases the chance of vulnerabilities, and doesn't use settings for the current user (because we're now the root user), and created files are owned by root, etc. Instead the application should request privileges when needed.
For Synaptic, please see bug #80753.