from the quill of Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> alex has removed the dependences of gsu for security reason and depend
> on kdesu, i'll see if he has not do a mistake.
It is my impression that kdesu is considered safe where as gsu is not.
This probably lies in the fact that (IIRC) kdesu does not actually
implement any granting of privellege as it relies on "su" to do that.
Nobody wants to fix/audit gsu, as it does all of the privellege granting
itself.
That is fine, but how about a "kdesu" style gsu. Essentially kdesu with
gnome widgets instead of QT widgets. I have not actually opened kdesu
up yet, but I would think it would not be terribly difficult to do, it
is (he says ignorantly) afterall only a toolkit porting issue.
b.
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