Bug#274529: gdm: Root password always requested, even when unsecured

[Tim Day]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.4-1
Severity: normal

>From the gdm "Actions" menu, selecting "Configure Login Manager"
always asks for the root password, even though I've unticked
the "secure actions menu" on the "security" tab.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.59           Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                   1.4.30.5       Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                      1.10.23        Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  gksu                      1.2.1-1        graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session             2.6.2-5        The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-termina 2.6.1-6        The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emula 4:3.2.2-1      KDE X terminal emulator
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-6       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-3        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                  2.4.16-1       Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-4        Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.6.2-6        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.6.1-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.2-1        A high-quality block-sorting file 
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcroco3                 0.6.0-2        a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii  libesd0                   0.2.29-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4               2.6.4-2        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11               1.2.0-4        LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.4.0-1      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.6-2        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.2.1-3        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0               2.6.1.2-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.6.1.1-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.6.1.1-4      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.6.2-2        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11               1.0.16-7       GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0             1.0-1          library for common error values an
ii  libgsf-1                  1.10.1-1       Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-9           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.10.2-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules            0.76-22        Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime            0.76-22        Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                  0.76-22        Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.1-2        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-4          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2                2.7.2-5        SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1               1.16-2         SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2                0.2.10-3       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libwrap0                  7.6.dbs-6      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                   2.6.11-3       GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window-manage 1:2.8.1-4      A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  xbase-clients             4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulato 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.1-7    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm