Ubuntu
gnome-system-monitor package

ask for superuser password when using sudo

Bug #45704 reported by Nat Tuck
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Gnome System Monitor
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Ran gnome-system-monitor and selected the Edit -> Change Priority item after selecting a process. When I changed the priority to -4 and pressed OK, I was prompted for the root password.

Since there is no root password in my default install of Ubuntu, that clearly wasn't going to work out.

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Dwight Shepherd (dwight-shepherd) wrote :

Have you update Ubuntu Dapper and try to reproduce this bug again? I cannot seem to get this bug reproduced. There's a chance that it, the bug, may be fixed during updates.

Update your dapper and try to reproduce this bug again

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Dwight Shepherd (dwight-shepherd) wrote :

Ok.. i did reproduce it. The text should be changed to something like admin password.. and not root. However persons with sudo privileges passwords are accepted.

Dwight Shepherd (dwight-shepherd)
Changed in gnome-system-monitor:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I've forwarded the issue upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343136

Changed in gnome-system-monitor:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

works fine on edgy now, marking as fixed. Feel free to reopen if you still get the issue

Changed in gnome-system-monitor:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Changed in gnome-system-monitor:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Changed in gnome-system-monitor:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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