[Please do _only_ send the email to the ML, I read it.] Rob Taylor wrote: > > Well, the real fd.o solution here is PackageKit. Its a bad thing to run > things using graphical toolkits as root, as they're not going to have > been audited for security. With PackageKit you use a small, auditable > dbus service to do the task you need doing as root, and have the actual > UI running in the users security domain.
The problem is that not everything/one uses dbus, and software would need to be rewritten. I strongly agree that running X11 apps as root is not good; but the point of the discussion is how to correctly su to root in a cross-desktop-compatible manner, not how perfect world is :). > > Thanks, > Rob > Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
