kppp doesn't work from the menu (needs kdesu)

Bug #1068285 reported by Mustafa Muhammad
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Bug Description

kppp needs super user permissions, but its menu entry command is only "kppp" so it doesn't work, I think it needs "kdesu kppp" or something like it, using terminal; "sudo kppp" and "kdesu kppp" work fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: kppp 4:4.9.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 18 18:59:16 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926.3)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdenetwork
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Mustafa Muhammad (mustafa.muhammad) wrote :
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Logan Rosen (logan) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 970889, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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