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[Bug 290647] Re: gconfd does not refresh cache when sudo-ing current user to modify setting

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From: Shishire Maiga <emperorshishire@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:46:19 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 290647 <290647@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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This is a bug in either su or sudo.  When copying the user environment,
it fails to correctly copy the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS,
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID, and DBUS_SESSION_BUS_WINDOWID variables.  This may
be working as intended, I'm not sure exactly how sudo/su function in
terms of copying transient variables from a currently running session.
Note, the above solution *does* work, albeit being a bit of a hack.
Because of it's failure to copy the variables, gconftool-2 cannot find
the currently running gconfd process, and silently fails to send it the
reload config signal.

gconftool-2 should report when it fails to find a running gconfd
process.

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gconfd does not refresh cache when sudo-ing current user to modify setting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290647
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