Package: pppoeconf
Version: 1.18
Severity: serious

pppoeconf is launched this way in /usr/share/applications/pppoeconf.desktop :
Exec=/usr/sbin/pppoeconf

This would work if someone would run as root, but otherwise this opens a 
console which prints
Privilèges du superutilisateur indispensables
Veuillez valider pour continuer...

In English, that would be
$ LANG=C /usr/sbin/pppoeconf
Please become root before running pppoeconf!
Press return to continue...

pppoeconf then exits. The desktop file does not indicate anywhere the 
requirement to run as superuser. This makes the menu item basically useless. 
You can see synaptic for an example of how to do menu items requiring root 
privileges (but note that synaptic has bug 532322).

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         ftp.ca.debian.org 
  500 unstable        ftp.ca.debian.org 
    1 experimental    ftp.ca.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                            (Version) | Installed
============================================-+-=======================
whiptail-provider                            | 
 OR whiptail                                 | 0.52.10-4
ppp                   (>= 2.4.2+20040428-2)  | 2.4.4rel-10.1
 OR pppoe                           (>= 3.0) | 3.8-3
ppp                        (>= 2.4.1.uus2-4) | 2.4.4rel-10.1
gettext-base                       (>= 0.13) | 0.17-8
sed                                (>= 3.95) | 4.2.1-3
modconf                                      | 0.3.9


Recommends      (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-===========
locales                   | 2.9-25


Suggests      (Version) | Installed
=======================-+-===========
xdialog                 | 







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