FS#18226 - [gparted] gparted.desktop doesn't raise privileges

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Daniel Milde (dundee) - Monday, 08 February 2010, 01:29 GMT
Last edited by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Monday, 08 February 2010, 20:12 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Gparted needs to be started with root privileges, but in gparted.desktop is exec line:

Exec= /usr/sbin/gparted %f

Therefore Gparted started from Gnome menu fails to open properly. The line should be:

Exec= gksu /usr/sbin/gparted %f

Additional info:

gparted 0.5.1-2

Steps to reproduce:

Install gparted, try it to run from Gnome menu.
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Closed by  Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Monday, 08 February 2010, 20:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Fixed in gparted 0.5.1-3

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