Re: Gnome replacement for kdesu

[Steve Fox <drfickle k-lug com>]

Hmm, strange. At one point or another I know that I have used a
gtk+-based su utility. Maybe Mandrake built it at one point? Oh well.

Havoc Pennington wrote:
> We have never shipped gsu (well, the source ships but doesn't get
> built). So I don't know what they are talking about. gsu basically
> does not exist in production form.
> 
> The version of gsu in CVS has a helper program which is basically a
> cut-and-paste of su, but it talks over a pipe instead of a terminal,
> for convenience. This is pretty much the same design as kdesu.
> 
> Havoc

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Steve Fox
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