Bug 13364 - gksu doesn't execute commands like it used to
Summary: gksu doesn't execute commands like it used to
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 4
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal major
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Assignee: Atilla ÖNTAŞ
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Reported: 2014-05-12 14:12 CEST by nikos papadopoulos
Modified: 2014-09-12 17:02 CEST (History)
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Source RPM: gksu-polkit-0.0.3-0.git20131130.9.mga4.src.rpm
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Description nikos papadopoulos 2014-05-12 14:12:41 CEST 
Description of problem:
The following command used to work with the "old" gksu ...

   gksu 'xterm -sb -geometry 122x10 -fg white -bg darkred'

The ""new" gksu asks for a password, and then it shows this message:

"Failed to execute child process "xterm -sb -geometry 122x10 -fg white -bg darkred" (No such file or directory)"






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Manuel Hiebel 2014-08-13 10:45:54 CEST

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Assignee: bugsquad => tarakbumba

Comment 1 Atilla ÖNTAŞ 2014-09-12 17:02:31 CEST 
Gksu-polkit does not accept arguments for the command. This is an upstream decision. You can always create a wrapper script that includes your commands and run it with gksu-polkit. Also you can use beesu for this purpose. Sorry...

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
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