Jaromil <jaromil@???> writes:

[...]

> when I read the C part of netman I can't stop thinking it should be
> just shell code, since its spawning so many external processes.

It can't be "just shell code" because it is (or was when this was
communicated for the last time) supposed to be installed setuid-0 in
order to enable the GUI to perform certain actions "as
root". Considering this, it should really avoid using the shell for
anything.