On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 04:21:10PM +0200, Ivan Pozderović wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.46 > Severity: normal > > Hello, > > it seems su-to-root wrapper script doesn't handle well calls which use > multiple commands.
Hello Ivan, the issue is not so much the su-to-root script but rather the underlying su engines which may have different calling convention. I cannot help but think that using multiple commands in a single su-to-root invocation is pushing the design too far. > Scenario where I've discovered this: > After installing system-config-lvm package (1.1.16-1), the utility doesn't > run under a non-root user (using standard GNOME 3.4). It tries to run the > following command: > su-to-root -X -c "invoke-rc.d lvm2 start ; > /usr/share/system-config-lvm/system-config-lvm.py"; > > It seems that without invoking a shell to handle the two commands only the > first will be run under root privilages. > > Here's a fix using printf that seems to correct the problem (only for gksu, > which is used in wheezy): > @@ -105,3 +105,3 @@ > case $SU_TO_ROOT_X in > - gksu) gksu -u "$PRIV" "$COMMAND";; > + gksu) gksu -u "$PRIV" "sh -c $(printf %q "$COMMAND")";; > gksudo) gksudo -u "$PRIV" "$COMMAND";; > > p.s. if this is more of a gksu issue, please forward where necessary Well, it would be useful to compare the behavior of all the su- variants. Thanks for using Debian menu! -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
