gksudo potentially very insecure

Mike Douglas mike.douglas at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 02:54:28 CDT 2005


Also, libnotify could be used to alert the user of this gain in user
privileges. Just a simple lock in the notification area might not be
enough for new users and/or unobservant users.

On 7/5/05, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> "A indicator should show up in the notification area during the 5min
> timeout while i can use the gained admin rights without re-entering the
> password, giving an option to cancel "god mode" imediately."



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