On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 02:11:08PM -0800, Mark Hedges wrote: > Subject: system-config-printer-udev: window manager hook to authorize > configuration > Package: system-config-printer-udev > Version: 1.2.3-3 > Severity: wishlist > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > If I could set an option for a box to pop up and ask "configure printer?" > with the information it identified to the kernel usb interface to verify, > no one would be able to plug in a bogus usb thing pretending to be my > printer, > to exploit some unknown security bug in usb, cups, hplip, or any that polls > the printer device. When my laptop closes, the screen locks, which would > let me type my password to have an authentic login while I'm there to plug > in the device. Can the message bus send confirm/ok dialogs to the pop-up > notices and get an answer back from an authorized & authenticated user?
Sounds reasonable. This should be done using PolKit, I guess. Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
