Re: [rox-devel] ROX-Lib's su module needs updating

[Jim R. <i....@ji...>]

David Arthur wrote:
> 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.

zenity --entry --text "Password" --hide-text

But since this is all in rox-lib2 anyway (where we have access to
pygtk), it should be fairly trivial to write our own text entry dialog
without having to rely on an external ap (zenity/xterm/xmessage/gksu) at
all.

That said, one thing gksu/do does nicely is it uses a full-screen
window so you don't accidentally type your password into your IRC
window - I'm not sure how easy that would be to replicate with pygtk.

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Jim Ramsay
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