On 27/07/07, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa@solnet.ch> wrote:
the .desktop files are read by DE's for menu-making. the DE has usually a standard "su" tool. that's why i was thinking in the beginning, that this would be the ideal thing to handle needs-root conditions.
Hmmm, I guess that's true, but then I suppose it depends on a great degree of compliance by the DE creators and it also means users of those DEs are tied to that one method of launching apps, which I can't see being universally popular. Now, if all DEs had a facility for setting the run as root application, on a per user and even system wide basis, then we'd be talking! But what about WMs that just crib the .desktop files for desktop menus (openbox)? I can't see them wanting to include that sort of functionality. It's one of those awesome Linux grey areas where sheer variety causes standardisation problems.
but if gooeydo works, great for us! :)
Well, I hope so :-) It certainly does for _right now_, as brain0 would say... If no-one has any particular objections to this approach I'd be keen to throw it out and start implementing it ASAP. The dichotomous situation with wifi-radar and gparted is already icky enough for a "fix". Cheers, Phil