Ubuntu
unity package

root windows doesn't show the menus on unity's menu bar

Bug #747203 reported by Joaquin
22
This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
AppMenu GTK+
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Unity
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

For example, Synaptic or others with root permission

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic-pae 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,imgjpeg,copytex,decor,firepaint,grid,imgpng,mousepoll,place,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,compiztoolbox,vpswitch,move,gnomecompat,wall,water,resize,kde,text,session,shift,animation,wobbly,blur,obs,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale]
Date: Fri Apr 1 13:53:41 2011
InstallationMedia: elementary
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-01 (30 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Joaquin (jknvv13) wrote :
Alex Launi (alexlauni)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in appmenu-gtk:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
James Haigh (james.r.haigh) wrote :

Would solving this bug be a security concern?

I don't think GUI applications should ever be run as root if possible. It increases the chance of vulnerabilities, and doesn't use settings for the current user (because we're now the root user), and created files are owned by root, etc. Instead the application should request privileges when needed.

For Synaptic, please see bug #80753.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 592842, so is being marked as such. Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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