Bug#293214: marked as done (gksudo: multiple gksudo's at the same
time isn't nice)
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Subject: gksudo: multiple gksudo's at the same time isn't nice
From: Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org>
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Package: gksu
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This bug has been opened here: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/5913
"When opening multiple gksudo's so fast that the first one doesn't block
X before the others are launched, they form an invisible stack. Often
this gives no big problems, but sometimes it does, which makes things
look very much like a lockup (although it looks like hitting ESC always
helps, and one can switch to tty1 to kill gksudo).
I propose two things:
1) Make it impossible to run multiple gksudo's at the same time
2) When gksudo is started, repaint the desktop in grayscale, and display
gksudo
in color.
Point 1 is because it is possible (by doing weird things like running
`gksudo ls & gksudo ls & gksudo ls & gksudo ls`, but also by clicking on
the new update notifier applet quickly) to make a lot of gksudo's run,
and when cancelling them things get messy with repainting, looking like
a lockup. The locking X is a bit delayed, so maybe gksudo can assert
it's the only one running, or quit.
Point 2 is to make the user more aware of the fact that gksudo locked X.
At first I was confused when my apps didn't respond, although I quickly
got the point. Not everybody will, and graying things out will make it
very clear. (Fading is too much, I thing, what I've seen in the
gnome-logout thing is Far Too Slow)
I hope to hear some feedback.
..
Because the window manager is ignored (Window menu and close buttons
can't be used), it might also be nice to drop the borders, like the
gnome-logout does. It makes things look much more like "You are doing
something with the OS (switching user), not just looking at a dialog
window".
By the way, I wonder: Why does gksu lock X at all? Does it prevent
malware, running with the priviledges of the active user, from reading
the keystrokes?
Could the looks of gksu, including the locking of X, be mimicked?"
That's also a Debian issue and since the BTS seems to be the upstream
bug system, I'm forwarding here :)
Cheers,
Sebastien Bacher
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From: Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#293214: fixed in gksu 1.2.3-2
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Source: gksu
Source-Version: 1.2.3-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gksu, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
gksu_1.2.3-2.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/gksu/gksu_1.2.3-2.diff.gz
gksu_1.2.3-2.dsc
to pool/main/g/gksu/gksu_1.2.3-2.dsc
gksu_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/gksu/gksu_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
gnome-sudo_1.2.3-2_all.deb
to pool/main/g/gksu/gnome-sudo_1.2.3-2_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 293214@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org> (supplier of updated gksu package)
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Format: 1.7
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:33:43 -0200
Source: gksu
Binary: gksu gnome-sudo
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 1.2.3-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
Changed-By: Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
Description:
gksu - graphical frontend to su
gnome-sudo - dumb package to provide smooth upgrade to gksu
Closes: 293214 293236
Changes:
gksu (1.2.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
.
* debian/patches: grabbed from the svn
- 00_da_translation_update.diff:
+ updated danish translation
- 01_fadeout.diff, 02_locking.diff:
+ fadeout the screen, do not show window decorations, use
a simple lock file to avoid duplicate gksu's running
(Closes: #293214)
- 03_fix_prompt_and_sudo-mode_behavior.diff:
+ fixes to the configuration interpretation and conffile
documentation (Closes: 293236)
- 04_window_or_popup.diff:
+ shows a window or a popup, depending on whether we're
grabbing or not
Files:
05940cf14b5e9f194b2e3a58ebb2b11d 1495 admin optional gksu_1.2.3-2.dsc
9cc201986917edfcbe77c5a63682e439 20911 admin optional gksu_1.2.3-2.diff.gz
29b50cc1123b2673770c48f9b5ef0492 13984 gnome optional gnome-sudo_1.2.3-2_all.deb
03dc353a631297cd273ea4cb8c5a606e 52154 admin optional gksu_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
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