[Bug 189517] Re: pkexec needs ability to retain user HOME and possibly other environment

[Phillip Susi]

** Summary changed:

- Open/save file dialog places wrong
+ pkexec needs ability to retain user HOME and possibly other environment

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: gnome
- 
- Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 4  i386 desktop CD
- 
- In gparted, after performing an operation, I clicked "save Details" in the "Applying pending operations" dialog.
- The "Save Details" file dialog offered "root" and the filesystems in the Places list on the left.
- No "Desktop", "Documents" and such.
- 
- I saved the (HTML) file to "root".
- 
- Then I wanted to open this file in Firefox, by selecting menu "File / Open file..." in firefox. Its "Open File" dialog had the following items in "Places" :
- Search
- Recently Used
- Desktop
- rofs
- cdrom
- (the filesystems: disk partitions and one USB key)
- Documents
- Music
- Pictures
- Videos
- 
- No "root". Not even under "Recently Used". Or any other item. (I did not try Search).
- I simply could not find the file I saved 1 minute ago.
+ Launching gui applications with pkexec strips their environment bare and
+ points the home directory to /root, causing the gnome file dialog to
+ behave badly.  It needs a way to preserve the user home the way sudo and
+ gksu do.

** Also affects: policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  pkexec needs ability to retain user HOME and possibly other
  environment

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

Bug description:
  Launching gui applications with pkexec strips their environment bare
  and points the home directory to /root, causing the gnome file dialog
  to behave badly.  It needs a way to preserve the user home the way
  sudo and gksu do.

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