Testing using the graphical front end invoked with gksu -d and issuing the command 'date' shows the command is actually run and the segfault is triggered at the end when some xauth magic is happening:
No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-leDs1e/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksu/date/12159-0-asusb202_TIME1375806712 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: root cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: date Wed Nov 23 09:11:24 EST 2011 buffer: -- buffer: -- buffer: -- ... ... <== buffer -- repeated many times ,... brute force GNOME_SUDO_PASS ended... No password prompt found; we'll assume we don't need a password. xauth: /tmp/libgksu-leDs1e/.Xauthority xauth_env: /home/user/.Xauthority dir: /tmp/libgksu-leDs1e Segmentation fault (core dumped)
