[Usability] doing root stuff as normal user without shell or any obscure methods - increasing usability with just a text box

[Linux Power <powerpc5 yahoo com>]

In mandrake/redhat when accessing control panel as a
normal user, it ask for root password to continue. 

This feature should be implemented all over gnome
desktop. if a user doesnt have permission to do a
tasks (copy, del, rename files, open a movie, play
mp3,
browser a folder...) rather than giving a message that
"not enough permissions..." it should provide a text
box to enter root password so that the operation can
be continued without having to repeat it again from
root/sudo account.

 
eg :

I hope developers implement this feature all over
gnome - so say if i have a movie saved as 

/mnt/disk1/movies/matrix.avi 

and the disk was mounted as root previously. Current
behavior is as a normal user if I open totem movie
player and browse to the path and open the movie - I
get a error saying "not enough permissions". I
therefore suggest that this behaviour can be modified
to say a text box asking for root password to
continue. If the authentication is successfull - the
movie plays !

This feature can be implemented and made optional. A
gconf setting (or something similar) allows to turn
this feature on/off. It should be left to the
distribution or user to decide whether they need to
use this option or not. Default behaviour can be set
to off. Just a thought.



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