Bug 298289 – Mask x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.12 or apply the patch.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description dE 2009-12-25 06:47:14 UTC]

I request marking x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.12 as unstable...this is a bug in it which resolves on applying the attached 01_revert_forkpty.patch in Bug 290733.

The Bug is comment #3 in Bug 290733.

The patch has neither been added to portage, nor x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.12 has been marked unstable for more than a month. gksu is used by many people, thus x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.12 should be marked unstable immediately or the patch should be put in portage very soon.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerge libgksu
2. Use gksu <program>



Expected Results:  
sudo: sorry, a password is required to run sudo

[Comment 1 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-12-26 14:39:51 UTC]

I'm sure Daniel doesn't want to receive duplicate emails...

[Comment 2 dE 2009-12-26 17:17:14 UTC]

Well...he appears to have been retired recently.


A single package needs to be masked...no one can do that?

[Comment 3 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2010-01-08 17:18:15 UTC]

Last I checked, I hadn't been retired...

As for the bug, I don't see it at all, that's the main reason I haven't gotten around to looking at it.  I'll see if I can find any way to reproduce it, so I can test.

[Comment 4 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2010-01-08 19:02:35 UTC]

Okay, I'm completely unable to reproduce this, even when I manually set tty_tickets.  It doesn't happen with either console or X commands.  Can you post your /etc/sudoers and the exact commands you're running to get this to happen?

[Comment 5 dE 2010-01-09 10:54:11 UTC]

Content of sudoers - 

# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
# Failure to use 'visudo' may result in syntax or file permission errors
# that prevent sudo from running.
#
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults specification

# Runas alias specification

# User privilege specification
root	ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
%wheel	ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Same thing without a password
#%wheel	ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

# Samples
# %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
# add to tips -- 
Defaults:de timestamp_timeout=0
Defaults targetpw


I just have to run gksu <program> to reproduce this.

[Comment 6 dE 2010-01-09 10:56:38 UTC]

Currently I'm using libgksu-2.0.9

[Comment 7 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2010-01-12 12:40:47 UTC]

Okay, I'm able to reproduce it with that sudoers.  This is fixed in 2.0.12-r1.

[Comment 8 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2010-01-20 12:45:17 UTC]

*** Bug 291837 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***