> Can you expand on this idea? My main complaint with what I've seen from > previous non-OLPC mechanisms is that root/super-user privileges are > required. We can wrap any old CLI in a shiny, pretty, GUI. But it needs to > work in a sane, safe way without passwords for small human beings.
If I'm not mistaken, PackageKit uses PolicyKit. And PolicyKit can be configured to either: - ask for the root password each time - ask for the root password and keep permission for the active session - ask for the root password and keep permission indefinitely - same 3 above cases but with the user's own password instead - always grants permission to the user - always deny permission to the user All those possibilities can be configured for a lot of different actions needing administration permissions, among which is « update my system » or « install new software ». :-) You can look at how it works by running the « /usr/bin/polkit-gnome-authorization » tool on a Gnome desktop. ---------- Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
