cross-platform virus

[Sasha Tsykin]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:36:54 +0200
> Hein-Pieter van Braam <hp at syntomax.com> wrote:
> 
>> Try opening synaptic twice in a row, the login environment that gnome is
>> in still holds the sudo ticket, and this it can restart an app without
>> asking for the password again. I am guessing that is the concern 
> 
> Indeed, you are right - perhaps the sudo "ticket" in this case should
> apply only for the app concerned. Not sure if that is possible, but this
> does look like a loophole.... Any app requiring sudo seems to open happily
> without a password  if started after, say, synaptic during the time out
> period.   : (  ...
> 
Only if it is in the same terminal window.

Sasha