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[Sachin Sharma <sachin.sharma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Till permanent solution is found, A workaround will be highly
appreciated.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269196

Title:
  KUser broken when used from Gnome or Unity

Status in kdeadmin package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I like to use KUser to manage users/groups. However, the default
  package installation and subsequent launch via Gnome Applications ->
  System Tools -> KUser menu results in the following error: "Cannot
  open /etc/shadow for reading". It does not ask for my password, rather
  attempts to launch without escalating my privileges:

  The default "exec= " line in /usr/share/applications/kde/kuser.desktop is:
  Exec=kuser %i %m -caption "%c"

  I must modify the default /usr/share/applications/kde/kuser.desktop "exec= " line to reflect the following to get it to work:
  Exec=gksudo kuser

  I'm guessing the default "exec= " line reflects variables present only
  in a KDE session, although this is just a guess.

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