Re: GNOME System Monitor will use libgnomesu

[Mark McLoughlin <markmc redhat com>]

On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 12:33 +0000, Mike Hearn wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 11:43:58 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> >    - I worry that the addition libgnomesu-like API to the desktop will
> >      lead to the UI being littered (in unpredictable places) with root
> >      password dialogs e.g.
> > 
> >        - "Open as root" in Nautilus context menus - "Run as root" in the
> >        run dialog
> >        - Random features in apps asking for root like the "renice" and
> >          "kill" features in gnome-system-monitor
> > 
> >      What a horrible thought.
> 
> Well ... why is this horrible? I don't see how that would be any less
> predictable than "this app needs to be/can be run as root" dialogs popping
> up all over the place especially as given that type of dialog you have no
> way to know whether you'll actually need the root password or not for the
> particular task you have in mind.

	I'm thinking along the lines of everything in the "System Tools" menu
needing the root password, and nothing else.

Cheers,
Mark.