Hi,

On 23/2/20 12:34, Aitor wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> On 21/2/20 21:57, Steve Litt wrote:
>> Will it work even if I'm not using lxqt? Does it stand alone?
>>
>> SteveT
> I've just started developing a replacement for gksu in gtk2 following
> the same method used in simple-netaid,
> that is: a suid binary receiving the password through an unix socket,
> and the name of the application
> to be run as an argument in the command line. Since i'm not that
> expert on security stuff, maybe i'll
> restrict this tool only to a few graphical applications like synaptic,
> bleachbit, gparted, thunar, pcmanfm...
> Any suggestion for the name of this alternative? What about gkexec?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aitor.
>
I rectify:

The binary won't be suid, but rather it'll receive the root password
through the mentioned unix socket using internally (sudo | su) afterwards.

Aitor.