Xubuntu and security

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
> I want to know if someone has a solution for "quirks" in xubuntu which are
> rather annoying. I use xubuntu 12.04 as I only use LTS versions.
>
> 1. The most irritating one is that the Xfce main menu the programs refuse to
> request for root permission (for those that require it) and run as normal
> user (or don't run). Examples are synaptic (that wont start from the menu
> and can only be started with  synaptic-pkexec and if you want to do
> something useful you have to start it with sudo. Idem with Update Manager.
>
Not sure why you have this problem.  I use Xubuntu 12.04 and my
synaptic starts just fine from the main menu.  I also have a keyboard
shortcut for it that invokes "/usr/bin/gksu /usr/sbin/synaptic" and it
always comes up just fine.

Of course you have to invoke it with sudo (or gksu).

I don't use backupPC or Power Manager, and I don't really care what
names are used in the menus, though I can understand why most users
would rather see, say, "Terminal Emulator" than
"/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal."  We techies like the details, but most
users don't.

Hope that helps.

MR