applications will fail when under 'su <user>' environment
Submitted by Halton Huo @haltonhuo
Assigned to D-Bus Maintainers
Description
Created attachment 19484 error log for gedit
This bug is actually from http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=2980
How to reproduce
- Create two users: work and test
- Login as work
- Open terminal, type su test(and password)
- (In the same terminal), type gedit
Expected result: gedit lanched for user test without error Actual result: gedit lanched for user test with error, the configuration for user test is lost
Now Gconf using dbus to communicate, this will cause apps will fail to connect gconf under 'su <user>' environment. Please check the attachment for gedit.
This bug can be reproduce on Ubuntu Intrepid and OpenSolaris+vermillion_99, they all have latest gnome 2.23.92 or 2.24.0 installed.
It is critical for OpenSolaris, so mark it as high priority.
Attachment 19484, "error log for gedit":
gedit.out
Version: 1.2.x