Re: bonobo-process

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

ISO-8859-1 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 07 Jun 2001 11:03:38 +0200, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> > Well, this stuff is for Gnome 1.4, so you can either:
> >
> >     - port it to Gnome2 and add it to bonobo-extra
>
> This sounds like the better choice.
>
> > I think bonobo_stream_client_read() needs a rewrite (looks a bit clumsy). And
> > what if someone passes NULL for length_read?
>
> I wonder if we should just drop stream-client for Gnome2.

Why? I think it is quite useful, although LXR says it is not used at all.

> > > The big question with the exec moniker is how to handle changing to
> > > another user to execute a command, both for security, and handling
> > > generic PAM authentication.
> >
> > Why do we need that?
>
> Well, saying "exec:ls;user=root;passwd=fooo" is pretty useless on a
> system with a PAM module that doesn't ask for a password, or prompts for
> something else.
>
> Maybe something simple like a conversation param:
> "exec:ls;user=root;sequence=mypass:mysmartcardid:myrandomnumbergeneratorgadgetid"

I agree that it is sometimes useful to exec things as another user, but most times
you do not need such features. And storing a plain text root password in the moniker
string isn't very secure.

> Perhaps a better solution is to go further and prompt the user at the
> command line, or if $DISPLAY is set, activate a "login" component that
> would pop up a window. Or something.

Yes.

> > And cant we make it a shared library moniker?
>
> Yes.
>
> -Alex
>
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