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Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client
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Gustavo Noronha Silva |
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Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client |
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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:46:15 -0200 |
Em Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:14:19 -0500, "Paul Smith" <address@hidden> escreveu:
> %% Allan Douglas <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi all;
Hau!
> I'd like to suggest we take a small step back and just write down the
> TODO list or general requirements for the future of gksu; that can help
> drive technical solutions.
>
> It appears we're looking for a way for gksu to "remember" the password
> it has been given for some amount of time, similar to how Red Hat's
> consolehelper application works.
Indeed.
> I'm assuming we are all familiar with how consolehelper _DOES_ work,
No. Do you have pointers to where we can find the source code of that
thing?
> does the basic work of authentication (I believe). Has gksu given any
> thought to using PAM for their authentication, etc.?
No, I have not thought about that. It might be a good idea, although
I have no idea how to do it right now =D.
> Again, I think this should be more transparent, based on timeout. If
> the timeout for remembering a password is 0, then no daemon will be
> used. If it's >0, then the daemon will be started with that timeout.
Very nice idea.
> The other thing I'm still interested in is sudo support. To my mind
> there are already a few packages which do what gksu does now, to greater
> or lesser degrees, but no one does sudo...
Yeah, me too. Could you please explain how your script handles the
X authentication in another thread, Paul? If it is simple and secure
I'm more than willing to put it back.
[]s!
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- Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Gustavo Noronha Silva, 2003/10/21
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Agney Lopes Roth Ferraz, 2003/10/22
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Allan Douglas, 2003/10/24
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Gustavo Noronha Silva, 2003/10/27
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Allan Douglas, 2003/10/27
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Gustavo Noronha Silva, 2003/10/28
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Allan Douglas, 2003/10/28
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client, Paul Smith, 2003/10/29
- Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client,
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