[techtalk] Gnome question

[Caitlyn M. Martin]

Hi, Malcolm, and everyone else,
> 
> There has been a lot of discussion amongst Gnome developers about how to
> handle applications which require root privileges to do certain things.
> The result is best summarised as "no clear consensus". This is partly
> because each solution has its own drawbacks.

Does anyone else like the way the KDE folks did it with KFM/Konqueror (su
mode), COAS, kpackage, etc... where it pops up a window where you have to
enter the root password?  You have root for that one app, but not in
general.

Regards,
Caity

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