Can do admin tasks without a password or being in group admin

Bug #59485 reported by Holger Bauer
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #59018: permissions granting issue. Edit Remove
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

I can use the system-tools without being asked for a password. I can add new users, put them in the admin group etc. without myself being in the admin group. useradd wouldn't work without proper rights though.
I can also set clock with time-admin without proper permissions. (date doesn't allow it) I can remove/add services with service-admin.
The permissions on the executables include no setuid or similar:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 94556 2006-09-06 16:51 /usr/bin/network-admin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 49012 2006-09-06 16:51 /usr/bin/services-admin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 65908 2006-09-06 16:51 /usr/bin/shares-admin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 82640 2006-09-06 16:51 /usr/bin/time-admin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 74744 2006-09-06 16:51 /usr/bin/users-admin

I upgraded this system from dapper to edgy.
gnome-system-tools 2.15.3-0ubuntu1
libgksu1.2-1 1.3.8-1ubuntu1
libgksu2-0 1.9.8-1ubuntu2
sudo 1.6.8p12-4ubuntu4

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Holger Bauer (umarmung-planet) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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