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gksu package

gksudo should support --desktop option

Bug #16965 reported by Jerome Haltom
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gksu (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Michael Vogt

Bug Description

It would be nice if gksudo supported a --desktop option allowing it to simply
point to and launch a .desktop file as root. It could automatically pick up the
name and other information for the authentication dialog from this.

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Jerome Haltom (wasabi) wrote :

This bug was filed along with bug #16966 and bug #16967 which are both related to
the same problem.

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Gustavo Noronha Silva (kov) wrote :

I like the idea... I'll be working on code to do this in the following days, I
believe.

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Gustavo Noronha Silva (kov) wrote :

*** Bug 21090 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Gustavo Noronha Silva (kov) wrote :

This is implemented at the gksu upstream SVN through a --desktop option switch.
It works fine for me.

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

This is supported in dapper now.

Changed in gksu:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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