On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 04:28 +0000, sundar j wrote:
> I am trying to write a code for accepting user password in a input
> box/textbox when user click on button from main form. For user input i have
> created new form named sudo.form and codes are in sudo.class file. This
> sudo.class accepts user password through textbox (hidden) and store it in
> global variable named password. sudo form is shown when user click on button
> from main form. Now my problem is that how do i access/capture this global
> variable (password) from main program? For example, accessing module variable
> (from sudo.module) we do it like:
>
> Public Sub function()
> Dim accept as string
> .
> .
> accept = sudo.password
> Shell "echo " & accept & " | sudo -S somecommand"
> .
> .
> End
>
> Right now i do not have a code to post but will come back later. But the
> general idea which i am trying to do is explained above.
Why not save yourself the bother and just use kdesu, kdesudo, gksu,
gksudo or pkexec (whichever fits your distro).
As in, for example:
Shell "gksu -c somecommand"
These all provide the privilege gui and probably much more security than
redoing it yourself.
hth
Bruce
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