[Bug 244299] Re: create a link to x-sudo

[Thomas Hotz]

Does this bug affect gksudo? If it affects it please mark the importance
to wishlist. Thank you very much!

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Title:
  create a link to x-sudo

Status in “gksu” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “kdesudo” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “kdesudo-kde4” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “ssh-askpass” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  gksu, gnome-sudo, and kdesudo are all packages that provide the same
  functionality:  they provide a graphical interface to sudo that allows
  the user to gain root privileges. Which one depends on the default
  desktop environment, but from the standpoint of the program that needs
  root privileges, they are fungible. However, most GUI programs guess,
  hardcode, or depend upon a particular sudo GUI. Sometimes they get the
  answer wrong, which causes needless breakage and aggravation.

  The various graphical interfaces to sudo should create a link to
  x-sudo in the /etc/alternatives directory. Then, other GUI programs
  can simply point to x-sudo instead of trying to [guess | parse |
  hardlink] which desktop environment happens to be in charge at the
  moment.

  Such a solution would also help OEMs who want to give their customers
  a choice in desktop environments but also install various desktop-
  agnostic configuration scripts or programs. In particular, oem-config
  would be able to point to x-sudo irrespective of whether GNOME, KDE3,
  KDE4, XFCE, fluxbox, or a private label desktop environment is
  installed.

  Happy Trails,

  Loye Young
  Isaac & Young Computer Company
  Laredo, Texas
  http://www.iycc.net

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