Markus Hitter [2008-11-20 17:01 +0100]:
> Well, if you edit a system file as a normal user, you'd have to provide
> the password, don't you? That's like "vi" vs. "sudo vi".
Right, but sudo always times out quickly, whereas PK privileges
potentially stay forever. Also, sudo is a mechanism to run o
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 17:01 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> Am 20.11.2008 um 16:29 schrieb Martin Pitt:
>
> > There goes the remaining bit of user/admin separation which we have,
> > and we can just as well have anyone work as root in the first place.
>
> Well, if you edit a system file as a normal
> This "strawman" sounds awfully similar to a mass feature request.
Like a largely ignored mass requested feature :).
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Am 20.11.2008 um 16:29 schrieb Martin Pitt:
> There goes the remaining bit of user/admin separation which we have,
> and we can just as well have anyone work as root in the first place.
Well, if you edit a system file as a normal user, you'd have to
provide the password, don't you? That's like
tacone [2008-11-19 13:56 +0100]:
> What I've been told is the gedit implementation was *not hard to do*.
That sounds overly optimistic to me. In order to teach gedit to edit
system files as normal user, you need a PolicyKit protected backend
which runs as root (probably D-BUS activated).
This mea
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:29 AM, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando <
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> Olá Remco e a todos.
>
> On Wednesday 19 November 2008 01:47:15 Remco wrote:
> > But as a temporary fix, Gedit could implement PolicyKit.
>
> Not only gedit but every other editor (kate,kedit, etc)
This "strawm
Olá Remco e a todos.
On Wednesday 19 November 2008 01:47:15 Remco wrote:
> But as a temporary fix, Gedit could implement PolicyKit.
Not only gedit but every other editor (kate,kedit, etc)
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Remco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:01 AM, tacone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I talked some time ago (1 year) to a gedit developer and he told me
>> that he had a bunch of other things to accomplish things. He wasn't
>> countrary in line o
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:01 AM, tacone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I talked some time ago (1 year) to a gedit developer and he told me
> that he had a bunch of other things to accomplish things. He wasn't
> countrary in line of principle.
It has been mentioned that the best way to fix this is to
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:31 PM, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando
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> Sorry for the lon subject, but it says it all:
> This is one of those next-release subjects that keeps coming. Is there any
> interests in discussing on the UDS and starting patching most used apps
> (mostly e
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