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

[john doe]

my fedora computer has pkexec version 121 which has the --keep-cwd
option. if ubuntu would update pkexec i'm guessing it would have that
option too.

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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:
  Confirmed

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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