Re: Super User Launcher

[Adrian Hosey <ahosey snowcrash kiva net>]

: 
: I'll write it.  I will hack the gnome-run launcher.  It will store a
: password in a dot file on your home directory.  Tell me if that is what
: you have in mind.  I can also make it so it will run in a console for
: scripting.  It may be a week or two before its done. Let me know what you
: think.

Why record the root password in plain text? Since the launcher is
running UID 0, it is sufficient to record a note that user U has
successfully authenticated as root in the last X minutes, preferrably
where X is a configurable value. This is how sudo does it.

      - A