On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:17:21 +0100
Aitor <aitor_czr@???> wrote:

> 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.
>
>

What happens when a password isn't need, such as when a sudo policy is
set?

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