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gksu package

Use --desktop option of gksu for admin apps to avoid ugly file pathes in the dialog

Bug #43076 reported by Joel Bryan Juliano
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop

Hello, I have recognized that when I run any admin tasks (e.g Synaptic) I've been prompted by a un-friendly names.

I have made a fix for those,
these should be changed in their .desktop entries in the Exec= field.

-----synaptic.desktop------

Exec=gksu /usr/sbin/synaptic --desktop /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop
--message "<span size='x-large'>Enter your password to perform administrative tasks</span>

<b><span foreground='brown'>Synaptic Package Manager</span></b> let's you install, remove and upgrade software packages"

-----gdmsetup.desktop-------

Exec=gksu /usr/sbin/gdmsetup --desktop /usr/share/applications/gdmsetup.desktop --message "<span size='x-large'>Enter your password to perform administrative tasks</span>

<b><span foreground='brown'>Login Window</span></b> let's you configure the login window
(GNOME Display Manager)"

-----language-selector.desktop------
Exec=gksu /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector --desktop /usr/share/applications/language-selector.desktop --message "<span size='x-large'>Enter your password to perform administrative tasks</span>

<b><span foreground='brown'>Language Support</span></b> let's you configure multiple and native support on your system"

-----software-properties.desktop------
Exec=gksu /usr/bin/software-properties --desktop /usr/share/applications/software-properties.desktop --message "<span size='x-large'>Enter your password to perform administrative tasks</span>

<b><span foreground='brown'>Software Properties</span></b> let's you configure software channels and internet updates"

-------update-manager.desktop-------
Exec=gksu /usr/bin/update-manager --desktop /usr/share/applications/update-manager.desktop --message "<span size='x-large'>Enter your password to perform administrative tasks</span>

<b><span foreground='brown'>Software Properties</span></b> let's you show and install available updates"

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

This problem should be fixed now. All tools that call admin tasks use the --desktopfile switch of gksu now to display friendly names and icons.

Please reopen if we missed to switch some of the applications.

Changed in gksu:
assignee: nobody → mvo
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Hm, reading the report again it seems that you are mostly concerned about the menus, this is not fixed.

Changed in gksu:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

It would be nice if we could patch gnome-panel to use the X-KDE-SubstituteUID tag.

Otherwise the exec statement would get rather long.

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

A list of apps using gksu calls - extracted from the app-install-data.

bum.desktop
disks.desktop
firestarter.desktop
foomatic-gui.desktop
gksu.desktop
gnome-apt.desktop
gparted.desktop
gtkorphan.desktop
language-selector.desktop
ndisgtk.desktop
network.desktop
pysdm.desktop
sabayon.desktop
sbackup.desktop
services.desktop
shares.desktop
software-properties.desktop
srestore.desktop
synaptic.desktop
time.desktop
update-manager.desktop
users.desktop
wifi-radar.desktop
xubuntu-disks.desktop
xubuntu-network.desktop
xubuntu-services.desktop
xubuntu-shares.desktop
xubuntu-time.desktop
xubuntu-users.desktop

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VF (vfiend) wrote :

For some reason, on Feisty, 'Software Sources' doesn't show an ugly file path when launched from System->Administration yet Synaptic and the other ones seem to.

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Because I manually added the desktop-file option to the gksu call of software-properties-gtk. :)

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VF (vfiend) wrote :

Any reason that hasn't been done for the other gksu apps installed by default, then? Probably easier than patching gnome-panel (and then gnome-control-center eventually).

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

I subscribed also seb128 to this bug. Seems to be GNOME desktop task.

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in gksu:
assignee: mvo → nobody
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