Re: [orca-list] cannot seem to access applications run with pkexec

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

I know this behavior has been known/typical behavior for gparted on XFCE, and some other desktops, fluxbox 
for one. 
Actually, there are options in gksu, -w I do believe it is, that allow you say whether to run as the root 
user, i.e. 
require the root PW or elevate privilidges like with standard sudo configuration, i.e. ask for the user's PW. 
I'm thinking maybe on Ubuntu with Mate I did not need the root PW, but can't easiily test at the moment to be 
sure. 
No matter what though, I've had to use gksu one way or another instead of pol-kit on everytrhing but gnome 
and Unity, i.e. 
the default polkit command in the exec line of the .desktop file does not give speech, and although gparted 
will start 
using the user PW, orca can't seem to read it.

I selected to not ask for the password in XFCE, and it works fine, even though I've only entered the user PW 
when opening 
the keyring, for Dropbox I think it is. 
I think the same is true for mate, but will have to double check.
OK, just checked fluxbox, and as it doesn't autostart the keyring when it launches, at least I do not 
explicitly 
configure this, and think when I checked it wasn't running untiill something called for a PW, I do have to 
type the 
password when launching gparted. The root PW does _NOT work, must use my user password. 
I'll have to check to see if XFCE is now wanting the user password, or if it's still asking for the root cred.
I'll do a couple of tests later, or intend to. Please remind me if you have not seen a followup to this as I 
most likely 
forgot. 
--
B.H.
 


 
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 08:44:39PM -0500, kendell clark wrote:
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> hi all
> I've noticed a strange issue that I'm not sure is orca related. If I
> run, for example, pkexec gparted, to run the gparted partition editor,
> orca can't seem to get access to gparted. If I run it via gksu,
> sometimes I can get access to it and sometimes I cannot. Is pkexec
> doing something weird to keep orca from being able to  look at
> applications being run as root? In case I'm being too geeky, pkexec is
> what is run when you want to rum something and supply your user
> password, policykit. Gksu requires the root pw to run something. I'm
> not sure how to fix this, or to help. Would providing a debug.out file
> help? I'm running orca from master, but I'm almost sure this will
> happen with orca stable as well
>
> If it helps, I'm running manjaro with mate 1.8.1
> Thanks
> Kendell clark
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