Re: gnome-keyring enhancement proposal



On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 10:34 -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> > opening a root-shell, which you may forget to log out of when you leave
> > your computer to get more coffee or whatever.
> 
> the problem isn't someone else coming over to your computer.  the
> problem is that malicious code, like a virus or some other app, will
> then be able to launch/run commands as root without your knowledge or
> intervention.  if launching said commands requires the password dialog
> to always popup (with a decent explanation about *why* its popping up -
> application X is trying to do Y) then it's a lot easier to not only stop
> the virus from causing system damage, but also to figure out that you
> have a virus to begin with.

Very good point.

So the GNOME Keyring will ask the user if he/she wants to give the
permission for that application to retrieve the root password,
defaulting to "NO!" on the dialog with a proper warning?
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