[Bug 487840] [NEW] flash plugin can only be installed by sudoers

[Jarl]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: flashplugin-installer

When a non-sudoer is viewing a site requiring flashplugin, firefox
suggests to install flashplugin. However the installation cannot be
completed because the user is not sudoer. The obvious behaviour would of
course to to have flashplugin-installer to ask the user which
superuser/sudoer to authenticate as, just like packagekit does when
updates are available.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 24 22:22:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.32.18ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2997): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubufox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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flash plugin can only be installed by sudoers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487840
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