Ubuntu
gnome-system-monitor package

g-s-m uses su instead of gksudo, isn't HIGgy

Bug #8150 reported by Phil Housley
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Daniel Stone
Ubuntu ubuntu-4.10

Bug Description

If you try to kill a process that you do not own from Gnome system monitor, it
will ask for a root password. The dialog is also non-HIG worthy.

Example, try to kill a getty or something.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

*** Bug 8160 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Note that this also happens when adjusting priority, as noted in #1404 (just in
case they're different code)

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Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

Sequestering this bug as evidence.

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Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

Fixed in 2.7.0-0ubuntu3, just uploaded; it uses sudo via gksu instead of forking
su itself, and the dialogs are now all nice and HIGgy.

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