nmapfe shortcut needs fixing

Bug #106378 reported by Mike Basinger
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #33586: Please sync nmap 4.20-2 from Sid. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Nmap needs to run as root to get full functionality. The nmapfe.desktop should run the app as gksudo.

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=NmapFE
GenericName=Security Scanner
Comment=GUI frontend for Nmap security/port scanner
Version=1.0
TryExec=nmapfe
Exec=gksudo nmapfe
Icon=
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;System;Security;GTK

Also, nmapfe has no icon in the menu.

Tags: desktop-file
Changed in nmap:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote :

merging with 33586, in which a fix will be posted.

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