Re: [Usability] Re: Button ordering

[Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au>]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:30:27PM -0800, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
[..]
> Here is how OS X does it:
[...]
> * You avoid having to constantly enter your password because your
> athorization token lasts for a couple of minutes. There's an
> authentication server that remembers what users/processes are
> authorized for admin tasks.

This is the same logic used by the Progeny guys when they designed
gnome-sudo, rather than yet another gnome-su app, I believe.

Malcolm

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