Re: [Usability] know how needed

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 14:58 +0000, Joachim Noreiko
> wrote:
> 
> > There is actually a bug in gksudo currently: if
> you
> > choose a theme that is installed in your home
> folder,
> > sudo'd applications fallback to the default GTK
> theme.
> 
> I believe this to be correct behaviour.  The reason
> is that
> a "theme engine" can execute arbitrary C code, and
> if started
> by sudo would potentially execute that code as root.

That could be a good point... but I'm not sure what a
theme engine is. I've noticed these on GNOME art, but
there's no real explanation of what they do in the
FAQ.

This problem occurs when I install just GTK themes,
and presumably the theme engine they use is the
default.

An any rate, the behaviour appears incorrect to the
user, who just wants his chosen theme shown in all
windows. So it's correct code producing buggy
behaviour :)



	
	
		
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