Package: menu Version: 2.1.46 Severity: important Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer,
Running applications that require root privileges from the menu results in that application running as root but instead is using the user's HOME directory. This only happens when sux is used as the su-like program called by 'su-to-root -X', others seem to be unnaffected such as gksu, kdesu, etc. This is an undesired behavior as far as I can tell, and could potentially cause severe problems for the user's profile. Irrespective of the desktop environment that is used, the unexpected behavior may be triggered by forcing usage of sux when su-to-root is called: "echo 'SU_TO_ROOT_X=sux' > /etc/su-to-rootrc" To keep this bugreport concise, I am linking to an extensive description of this bug as documented here: http://siduction.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=26330 -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.6.10-zen-lqx-p4ht (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages menu depends on: ii dpkg 1.16.9 ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10 ii libc6 2.13-37 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-4 ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-4 menu recommends no packages. Versions of packages menu suggests: ii gksu 2.0.2-6 pn menu-l10n <none> ii sux 1.0.1-6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
