[Bug 1330154] Re: sudo not working in ubuntu

[Filip Sohajek]

It's not a bug. SuperUser has no XDG_RUNTIME_DIR variable set. To fix it, replace sudo gedit call with 
pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY gedit


** Changed in: pam-xdg-support (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  sudo not working in ubuntu

Status in “pam-xdg-support” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  when I try sudo gedit the command does not work.
  following is a sample output in terminal

  arghya at arg-u2:~$ sudo gedit /etc/hosts
  [sudo] password for arghya: 
  error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.

  (gedit:11805): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: 
  arghya at arg-u2:~$

  pardon me for being a linux newbie.

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