GUI requires gksu in dependencies
Bug #1312048 reported by
mark johnson
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake On Plan |
Triaged
|
Critical
|
Serhiy | ||
Bug Description
The Wakeonplan GUI requires root privileges, otherwise setting an alarm results in a "File not found" message.
However, when running the application, there is no prompt for the user to enter a password and give root privileges.
gparted achieves this by using pkexec and putting a policy file in /usr/share/
Perhaps wakeonplan could do something similar?
Revision history for this message
| Serhiy (xintx-ua) wrote | #1 |
| summary: |
- GUI requires root, but doesn't prompt for permissions + GUI requires gksu in dependencies |
| Changed in wakeonplan: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| assignee: | nobody → Serhiy Zahoriya (xintx-ua) |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
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It requires gksudo in dependencies, but not really root. Workaround is as easy as
sudo apt-get install gksu
I've already switched to pkexec in the QML version (check the code tab) but it was a big surprise for me that new Ubuntu SDK currently supports packaging only for Ubuntu Phone. Thus, it's not released yet.