[OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 20/08/2013 15:21, Gary Mills wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:36:49PM +0200, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
>>
>> Everything involving libdbus/Orbit permissions on Gnome is totally
>> f**ed up due to a "security" change in libdbus. Don't know how to
>> get out of this mess, which also involves the package manager and
>> other stuff that needs root or role permissions. Use 'eject' from
>> the command line.
>
> I thought that /usr/lib/pm-launch was the way to run commands as
> root from the Gnome menus.  It prompts for the administrator account
> and password.  Does this no longer work under oi_151a8?
>
> I'm not familiar with the inner workings of Gnome, but I would think
> that anything to do with removable devices could be handled by giving
> the appropriate RBAC privileges to the GUI console user.
>
The only way to circumvent this is using sudo, which is a bit
difficult to use in menus (as gksu -S -u root), I tried, but
somehow it fails to get the password window open.