Re: GNOME and superuser (privilege raising) integration

[Hongli Lai <h lai chello nl>]

On Tuesday 13 May 2003 22:50, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 16:43, Hongli Lai wrote:
> I think perhaps you only read the first thign I said and didn't bother
> with the rest?  ;-)
> ...
> Again, read all my mail, not select bits.

OK now I lost the track. -_-
(I'm pretty sure I've read your entire email.)


>  Libsu-run could be platform
> specific.  ON PAM-based platforms, use PAM.  On passwd-shadow platforms,
> use that.  Use HP-UX's specific stuff there, or Irix's specific stuff on
> that platform.  You _are_ allowed to do that.
>
> You can't write one routine/procedure that works everywhere for this.
> You can write several different ones and compile/install the proper one
> for the platform you are building on.  You already said you planned this
> for your library - what makes you think this wouldn't work for a
> separate exectuable?

I don't get this anymore. My library is already seperated in different 
"backends". One high-level API finds out which backend is the best for the 
system and uses that backend. How that any different?