From: David A. <da...@ko...> - 2007-03-28 17:15:35
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Tony Houghton wrote: > In <460...@un...>, Lars Hansson wrote: > > >> Tony Houghton wrote: >> >>> And could it perhaps use gksu/gksudo, which should look a lot better >>> than using a terminal? I suppose it could still fall back on a terminal >>> if gksu* aren't available. >>> >> sudo can get the password from stdin using the -S switch (at least on >> OpenBSD) so there's no need for gksu/gksudo (neither available on OpenBSD). >> > > OK; I just thought gksu* would look "prettier" but if there are > compatibility reasons against them, that's more important. > > Then how about using a text input zenity window (can't find the switch, not on a linux machine atm) and passing the password to sudo via stdin? It's probably possible to get it looking very like gksudo using this method. Just using gksudo (or the above) really does look more polished than using an xterm. Dave |