Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: [PMH] Idea for Nautilus and GMC.

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Steven Willoughby wrote:

> On 23 May 2001 14:59:31 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
>
> > It would be cool to be able to:
> >
> >      Click on a RPM link to download the RPM file
> >      and then have an installer kick off that shows
> >      the RPM info and asks for an installation
> >      confirmation.  Then, prompt for the root
> >      password before actually installing the package.
> >
> >      Miles
>
> This would be even cooler if there was a standardized app that prompts
> for the root password (as it seems like there is, in gnome) and have it
> do something like sudo does, i.e. only prompts again after a
> configurable amount of seconds.

gnorpm-auth

It uses consolehelper to authorize and run gnorpm as root.

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