Bug#448630: gksu: sudo mode doesn't work with a non-C locale
Josselin Mouette
Version: 2.0.0-4
Severity: important
Since recently (I guess the 1.6.9p6-1 upload a week ago), sudo
translates the password prompt.
The obvious result is that gksu doesn't work anymore in this case.
Furthermore, the -p option of sudo doesn't work in non-default locales
(bug #448628), which makes it impossible to fix for the moment.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gksu depends on:
ii gnome-keyring 2.20.1-1 GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii libatk1.0-0 1.20.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.4.10-1+b2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.91-1 generic font configuration library
ii libgconf2-4 2.20.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgksu2-0 2.0.5-1 library providing su and sudo func
ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 2.20.1-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.7-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.18.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii sudo 1.6.9p6-1 Provide limited super user privile
gksu recommends no packages.
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Josselin Mouette
thanks
Le mardi 30 octobre 2007 à 15:49 +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Package: gksu
> Version: 2.0.0-4
> Severity: important
>
> Since recently (I guess the 1.6.9p6-1 upload a week ago), sudo
> translates the password prompt.
Well, in fact it seems to be caused by PAM translating the password
prompt.
> The obvious result is that gksu doesn't work anymore in this case.
> Furthermore, the -p option of sudo doesn't work in non-default locales
> (bug #448628), which makes it impossible to fix for the moment.
The problem lies in auth/pam.c, where the PAM password is replaced only
if it is found to be the default one - which it obviously isn't when it
is translated.
I'm attaching a patch to replace the password nevertheless when the user
explicitly asked for it. Please apply it to make gksudo usable again.
Thanks,
Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 01:53 +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> I'm attaching a patch to replace the password nevertheless when the user
> explicitly asked for it. Please apply it to make gksudo usable again.
Do you have any news on this issue? It is making gksu entirely unusable
in sudo mode.
If you don't have time to update the package, do you have anything
against a NMU for this bug?
Cheers,