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? -- __________ | | | | Enver ALTIN (a.k.a. skyblue) | | Software developer, IT consultant | FRONT | |==========| FrontSITE Bilgi Teknolojisi A.Ş. |_____SITE_| http://www.frontsite.com.tr/
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