[Bug 938792] Re: starting gparted with pkexec fails with /home via NFS

[Rüdiger Kupper]

No, I haven't. So the problem is that the process cannot read my
~/.Xauthority file, because it is readable only for the user.

So this is the reason, but what is the fix? Shouldn't it be passible to
launch GUI apps that need root privileges with /home over NFS? It's not
so unusual.

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Title:
  starting gparted with pkexec fails with /home via NFS

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “policykit-1” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  oneiric

  Starting gparted with "gparted-pkexec" fails with
  "No protocol specified
  (gpartedbin:4076): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1"

  This means gparted cannot be started from the unity dash.

  Starting with "gksudo gparted" works fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gparted 0.8.1-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Feb 22 17:19:30 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (130 days ago)

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