gksudo feature request - Grey out the background

Jeff Waugh jeff.waugh at ubuntu.com
Thu Feb 3 18:23:44 CST 2005


<quote who="Matt Zimmerman">

> > The password dialog requests a full grab of the keyboard, so that no
> > other window can take its input during the period of password entry.
> > That means you don't have to be worried about (cheap'n'dirty) keyboard
> > listeners, etc.
> 
> Or, say, inadvertently typing your password into a gaim window which
> popped up at the wrong time. :-)

You really shouldn't say things about my mother in your password anyway.

- Jeff

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