Re: Gnome replacement for kdesu

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Steve Fox <drfickle@k-lug.com> writes:
> 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.
> 

Red Hat Linux (which Mandrake is based on) uses a PAM-based solution
to give you root privileges. gsu is only needed for systems that don't
have PAM; PAM is much better if you have it.

Still Mandrake could have shipped gsu, but I hope not.

Havoc