GNU bug report logs - #40920
gnu: Add gtksu.

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Reported by: "Raghav Gururajan" <raghavgururajan <at> disroot.org>

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 02:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 40920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan <at> disroot.org>
To: iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org (宋文武)
Cc: 40920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#40920] gnu: Add gtksu.
Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 23:23:04 -0400

Hi!

> Hello, this patch looks good to me, but after install, it doesn't works..
> 
> I think gtksuwrap should be setup with 'setuid', and gtksu should look
> it through PATH or under '/run/setuid-programs'.  Also this program
> lookup executables in '_PATH_STDPATH' (and '_PATH_DEFPATH') from glibc's
> 'shadow.h' and 'paths.h', they're defined as
> '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin' and '/usr/bin:/bin', so we'd better
> modify 'paths.h' in glibc or modify gtksu to use a suitable 'PATH'.

Sorry, I sent this patch by mistake. I was packaged ktsuss, which is now in
master. :-)

Regards,
RG.
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