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

[Tiago Cogumbreiro <cogumbreiro linus uac pt>]

libgnomesu also supports sudo, don't know how evolved is it, but the
support is there.

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 19:07, Brian Skahan wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 04:02 -0700, Linux Power wrote: 
> > 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.
> 
> Rather than ask for the root password, which users may not have, a
> better option may be the MacOS method, which is analogous to sudo
> rather than su.  If the user is in a group thats allowed to sudo a
> task, they enter their own password, not the root password.  People
> hate entering one password, let alone needing to know 2.
> 
> This would require coordination with the Distros possibley through LSB
> or freedesktop, and gnome-system-tools user module would need UI for
> it.  
> 
> It's definitely an issue for Gnome and Linux on the desktop though,
> and it needs a better resolution than per-distro workarounds.
> 
> -Brian
> 
> -- 
> Brian Skahan <bskahan etria com>
> Etria, LLP
> 
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