Re: [gedit-list] Request: ask for adminpass when saving readonly files

[Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>]

Hello,

>  > When a user opens a file for which he does not have sufficient
> >  privileges, the file opens as read-only.
> >
> >  Would it be possible to make gedit open a dialogue where the user can
> >  type the login and password, when he begins to edit that readonly
> >  file or when he uses the Save command to save the file.
>
> Asking a password to escalate privileges in a secure way is a problem
> that still need to be solved at gnome level.
> We can think to implement such a feature when the problem will be solved
> in a "official" way in the gnome libs.

That seems reasonable. This way, all application which could need an 
escalation of privileges could use it.

Now I assume that this is also the reason why applications that might 
need administrative privileges ask for the admin password right away 
when they start, instead of only asking for the password at the 
moment when it is really needed.

Thanks for the explanation.

Francesco