Re: [Usability]Re: The path to 2.4 -- part 1

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 18:27, Joshua Adam Ginsberg wrote:
> Nautilus definitely needs to be of primary concern for 2.4... there was
> an interesting suggestion I read in a RH8 evaluation essay that was
> actually linked to off of here... we're getting better at allowing more
> system administration functions to occur from normal user accounts by
> prompting for a root password... this author suggested that when doing
> file management function from within Nautilus, if an operation requires
> permissions that the user does not have, then prompt for the root
> password... e.g., if I want to copy a file to /usr/bin and I'm not
> logged in as root, simply prompt for the root password... or if I want
> to view another user's home directory but I don't have permissions,
> simply prompt for the root password...
> 
> Comments?

If this happens, make sure there is a gconf key to disable even asking -
admins might not want user's to even see that dialog pop up.  (I
wouldn't.)

> 
> -jag