[Bug 298560] New: yast won't run as root from xfce menu
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298560 Summary: yast won't run as root from xfce menu Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: 32bit OS/Version: openSUSE 10.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: gordon.holtslander@usask.ca QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- If xfce is installed as the window manager, when yast2 is selected from the xfce menu it does not prompt for the root password and only runs as a regular user. Only a limited number of yast modules that don't require root privileges are avialable. To run Yast2, in xfce it seems its necessary to open a conole, su to root, and then start yast2 from the command prompt -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Matej Horvath
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--- Comment #2 from Bernhard Walle
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298560#c3
--- Comment #3 from Pavol Rusnak
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298560#c4
Stefan Hundhammer
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298560#c5
Bernhard Walle
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Bernhard Walle
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Bernhard Walle
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298560#c7
--- Comment #7 from Stefan Hundhammer
Stefan, would it be possible to add
OnlyShowIn=KDE;GNOME;
That part is easy.
to your desktop file and add an additional desktop file with
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=YaST Icon=yast GenericName=Control Center Exec=gnomesu /sbin/yast2 OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
That part is not. That will bring with it endless cycles of building the package, trying to work around file conflicts that are sure to arise, trying to fix them. And then there are all the other window managers.
gnomesu is at least suggested in yast2-mcs-plugin which is in the Xfce pattern.
..meaning that we can in no way rely on the presence of gnomeseu, so we'd have to do yet another fallback cascade for similar tools. Failing a real solution for all window managers, from here on only KDE and GNOME will be supported. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Stefan Hundhammer
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