Another patch that fixes the startup notification when you push cancel.

It is not possible without huge changes to fix the problem of the
notification timing out if you take a while to enter your password.
This is because sudo is run by libgksu over the whole time passwords are
entered.  When a password succeeds sudo just runs the application.  This
means you must give the startup notification ID to sudo...

On a side note, it would be much better if ubuntu used something more
like vista's UAC.  E.g. instead of entering a password you just push
Allow or Deny.  The reason for this is that entering your password is
annoying, and is open to phishing style attacks.  With just a simple
allow or deny it would be secure against phishing attacks.  Implementing
it securely would not be an easy task.

** Attachment added: "libgksu-cancel.patch"
   http://librarian.launchpad.net/7408468/libgksu-cancel.patch

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[Edgy + Feisty] Startup Notification broken
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