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Bug#382670: debian-installer: Sudo not properly configured



Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Could be done, as well, but I'd prefer the gconf route, since that
> doesn't require patching .desktop files. Something that comes to my mind
> is providing a debconf key in the gksu packge that would never be asked,
> or would be 'low', and that would be used to decide which gconf schema
> should be installed as default (using alternatives, I don't know), one
> of the schemas would have sudo-mode on by default.
> 
> Does that sound overengineered to you Joey?

If the schema file is managed by alternatives, I think it would be better
to let d-i detect this case and switch to the sudo alternative. Users
can choose to use a sudo-only setup in expert mode so a hidden question
isn't the best approach.

> I guess that would work if
> we don't have a easy way of setting a default gconf setting at install
> time.

Unless there's some way to do it without access to DISPLAY chrooted into
the target system, I doubt we can do that.

-- 
see shy jo

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