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

[Paolo Maggi <paolo maggi polito it>]

Hi,
	
> 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.

Ciao,
Paolo

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> 
> Francesco Fumanti
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