Debian Bug report logs - #549290
gvim window title shows "(as superuser)" when not

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hongzheng Wang <wanghz@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: vim-gnome: What does "as superuser" mean

Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:38:51 +0800

Package: vim-gnome
Version: 2:7.2.245-2
Severity: normal

I have not used GUI vim for long time.  Today I accidently launched
gvim from gnome-terminal and found there is a string "(as superuser)" in
the window title bar of gvim.  Since "superuser" is an important word in
Linux world, I would like to file the report to verify the behavior.

To be specific, launching gvim from console will have a gvim window
whose title bar contains "xxx - GVIM (as superuser)" where xxx is the
opened file.  If "-f" option is used, no "(as superuser)", however.

I have tested by using -u NONE -U NONE, and the problem still exists.
Fortunately, gvim seems not gets root privilege even "(as superuser)"
exists.

Thanks.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vim-gnome depends on:
ii  libacl1                   2.2.48-1       Access control list shared library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.24.2-1       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.9-27         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.22.1-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0               2.28.0-1       The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.24.2-1       The GNOME libraries (User Interfac
ii  libgpm2                   1.20.4-3.2     General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.18.1-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.5-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.26.0-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libperl5.10               5.10.1-5       Shared Perl library
ii  libruby1.8                1.8.7.174-2    Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.
ii  libselinux1               2.0.85-4       SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libsm6                    2:1.1.1-1      X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.2.2-1      X11 client-side library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.6-1      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  python2.5                 2.5.4-2        An interactive high-level object-o
ii  tcl8.4                    8.4.19-4       Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii  vim-common                2:7.2.245-2    Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-gui-common            2:7.2.245-2    Vi IMproved - Common GUI files
ii  vim-runtime               2:7.2.245-2    Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim-gnome recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vim-gnome suggests:
pn  cscope                        <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.28.0-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  ttf-dejavu                    2.30-1     Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-
pn  vim-doc                       <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 549290@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Vega <jamessan@debian.org>

To: Hongzheng Wang <wanghz@gmail.com>, 549290@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#549290: vim-gnome: What does "as superuser" mean

Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:39:22 -0400

reassign 549290 metacity 1:2.28.0-1
retitle 549290 gvim window title shows "(as superuser)" when not
running as superuser
thanks

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Hongzheng Wang <wanghz@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have not used GUI vim for long time.  Today I accidently launched
> gvim from gnome-terminal and found there is a string "(as superuser)" in
> the window title bar of gvim.  Since "superuser" is an important word in
> Linux world, I would like to file the report to verify the behavior.

This was functionality added to Metacity in the latest release[0][1].
Metacity will now check which user the process is running as and
modify the window title to show "(as ...)" if that user doesn't match
the one metacity is running as.  Reassigning accordingly.

> To be specific, launching gvim from console will have a gvim window
> whose title bar contains "xxx - GVIM (as superuser)" where xxx is the
> opened file.  If "-f" option is used, no "(as superuser)", however.

I'm not sure how "-f" would affect this.  It simple controls whether
gvim runs in the foreground or forks and returns control to the
process that called it.

> I have tested by using -u NONE -U NONE, and the problem still exists.
> Fortunately, gvim seems not gets root privilege even "(as superuser)"
> exists.

Then it sounds like Metacity is having a problem properly detecting
which user a process is running as.

[0] - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549389
[1] - http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=ab6aa5463ffdd5cfaf729eb1f5407be749ba1090

Message #23 received at 549290@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Tomaz Solc <tomaz.solc@tablix.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <549290@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: gvim window title shows "(as superuser)" when not

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:50:28 +0100

Package: metacity
Severity: normal


Hi

There's a ticket for this bug on GNOME bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603240

You can also find a simple patch there that fixes this problem. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any response from upstream about it.

Regards
Tomaž

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages metacity depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                   1.28.0-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0              0.22-1     Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0                  0.22-1     a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.4-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.6-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-7                    2.28.0-4   gtop system monitoring library (sh
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.6-1  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libmetacity-private0          1:2.28.0-3 library for the Metacity window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.26.2-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                        2:1.1.1-1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0      0.10-1     library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.3.3-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1                1:0.4.1-1  X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1                   1:1.1.10-1 X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1                   1:1.1.2-1  X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                      2:1.1.1-2  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                    1:4.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.1-2    X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.3.0-3  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.5-1  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  metacity-common               1:2.28.0-3 shared files for the Metacity wind
ii  zenity                        2.28.0-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages metacity recommends:
ii  gnome-session [x-session-mana 2.28.0-5   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 

Versions of packages metacity suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.28.1-2 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-themes                  2.28.1-1   official themes for the GNOME desk
pn  xdg-user-dirs                 <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Message #30 received at 549290@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christopher Darnand <warwick@mezimail.com>

To: 549290@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#549290: vim-gnome: What does "as superuser" mean

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:15:39 +0800

Package: metacity
Version: 1:2.30.1-1
Severity: normal

I confirm the bug belongs to metacity and is still present in metacity 
2.30.1.
My system is in French therefore the "(as superuser)" is written "(au nom du
superutilisateur)".  running : $env LANG=C metacity --replace& turns the 
window
title with "(as superuser)".


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-rt3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages metacity depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                  1.30.0-1    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                        2.10.2-6    Embedded GNU C Library: 
Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                    1.8.10-3+b1 The Cairo 2D vector 
graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0             0.22-1      Gtk+ helper for playing 
widget eve
ii  libcanberra0                 0.22-1      a simple abstract interface 
for pl
ii  libgconf2-4                  2.28.1-3    GNOME configuration 
database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.24.0-1    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.20.0-2    The GTK+ graphical user 
interface
ii  libgtop2-7                   2.28.1-1    gtop system monitoring 
library (sh
ii  libice6                      2:1.0.6-1   X11 Inter-Client Exchange 
library
ii  libmetacity-private0         1:2.30.1-1  library for the Metacity 
window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.28.0-1    Layout and rendering of 
internatio
ii  libsm6                       2:1.1.1-1   X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0     0.10-1      library for program launch 
feedbac
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.3.3-2   X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1               1:0.4.1-1   X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1                  1:1.1.10-2  X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1                  1:1.1.2-1   X11 damaged region 
extension libra
ii  libxext6                     2:1.1.1-3   X11 miscellaneous extension 
librar
ii  libxfixes3                   1:4.0.4-2   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' 
extensio
ii  libxinerama1                 2:1.1-3     X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                   2:1.3.0-3   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                  1:0.9.5-2   X Rendering Extension 
client libra
ii  metacity-common              1:2.30.1-1  shared files for the 
Metacity wind
ii  zenity                       2.30.0-1    Display graphical dialog 
boxes fro

Versions of packages metacity recommends:
ii  gnome-session [x-session-mana 2.28.0-7   The GNOME Session Manager - 
GNOME

Versions of packages metacity suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.28.1-2+b2 utilities to configure the 
GNOME d
ii  gnome-themes               2.30.0-1      official themes for the 
GNOME desk
pn  xdg-user-dirs <none>        (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Message #43 received at 549290@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.solc@tablix.org>

To: 549290@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: gvim window title shows "(as superuser)" when not

Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 09:47:41 +0200

tags 549290 patch
thanks

Hi

The bug is still present in 2.30.1 and the patch I submitted upstream
still applies (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603240)

I use gvim a lot and find this bug increasingly annoying.

Is there any possibility this patch might get included in Debian in time
for Squeeze? It is unlikely upstream developers will apply the patch
because they are busy working on Clutter.

Also, I believe this is a bug in metacity, not libgtop (metacity is
missing error handling when calling libgtop functions)

Thanks
Tomaž

Message #58 received at 549290-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>

To: 549290-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#549290: fixed in metacity 1:2.30.1-2

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:02:47 +0000

Source: metacity
Source-Version: 1:2.30.1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
metacity, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libmetacity-dev_2.30.1-2_amd64.deb
  to main/m/metacity/libmetacity-dev_2.30.1-2_amd64.deb
libmetacity-private0_2.30.1-2_amd64.deb
  to main/m/metacity/libmetacity-private0_2.30.1-2_amd64.deb
metacity-common_2.30.1-2_all.deb
  to main/m/metacity/metacity-common_2.30.1-2_all.deb
metacity_2.30.1-2.debian.tar.gz
  to main/m/metacity/metacity_2.30.1-2.debian.tar.gz
metacity_2.30.1-2.dsc
  to main/m/metacity/metacity_2.30.1-2.dsc
metacity_2.30.1-2_amd64.deb
  to main/m/metacity/metacity_2.30.1-2_amd64.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 549290@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> (supplier of updated metacity package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:32:32 +0200
Source: metacity
Binary: metacity libmetacity-private0 metacity-common libmetacity-dev
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 1:2.30.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
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 libmetacity-private0 - library for the Metacity window manager
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Closes: 549290 559576
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 .
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   * 03_gtop_error.patch: patch from Tomaž Šolc to handle libgtop errors.
     Closes: #549290.
   * Switch to 3.0 source format.
   * 04_gdk_grab_tracking.patch: patch from Owen Taylor to prevent events
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