Re: Proposed modules: my consensus so far

[Hongli Lai <h lai chello nl>]

Beno�Dejean wrote:
> > 	In the discussion with Hongli, I said:
> >
> >  ... worries me because it leaks some admin-tool functionality into a
> >  user tool which I think is likely to be frustrating and confusing for
> >  users who *don't* have root. It also isn't optimal for users who *do*
> >  have root - having to type the root password for every process you
> >  want to kill isn't fun.
>
>
> if root, password is not prompted.

libgnomesu does not ask the password for accounts that don't require a 
password. Try these:
- Run gnomesu as root. No password prompt.
- Run gnomesu as root and try to run a program as normal user. No 
password prompt.
- Run gnomesu and try to run a program as a user who doesn't have a 
password. No prompt.

libgnomesu uses PAM whenever available, and it uses the pam_timestamp 
extension (only available on RedHat as far as I know). So it will not 
ask the password again, within 5 minutes (or whatever the timeout is).