Subject: gnome-terminal doesnt start as root with su or gksu Package: gnome-terminal Version: 2.22.3-3 Severity: normal
When started using su or gksu, gnome-terminal still start a terminal as user, not root. As such, the default Gnome menu entry "Root terminal" (which uses gksu) does not work. To reproduce, from an existing terminal: $ gksu gnome-terminal or $ su -c gnome-terminal It works fine with sudo or gksudo. xterm starts fine (as root) with su or gksu. It seems to have something to do with session management. Compare the ouputs when launching xterm and gnome-terminal: *** $ su -c gnome-terminal Password: (gnome-terminal:14343): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. $ su -c xterm Password: Warning: Tried to connect to session manager, Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed *** It looks like the same problem happens, but xterm treats it as a warning rather than error. Also note that when gnome-terminal fail this way, the "su" command will return, and another user terminal will be launched. Whereas if using sudo the "sudo" command will not return until the newly launched terminal is closed. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on: ii gnome-terminal-data 2.22.3-3 Data files for the GNOME terminal ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.3-1 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file ii libgnomeui-0 2.20.1.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-4 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii liborbit2 1:2.14.16-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-3 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac ii libvte9 1:0.16.14-4 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-16 A free electronic cataloging syste Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends: ii yelp 2.22.1-8 Help browser for GNOME 2 gnome-terminal suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
