Bug#359962: alternative to X-KDE-SubstituteUID for non KDE desktops

2006-04-25 Thread Fathi Boudra
Hi, some more informations about similar behavior to xdg-su on debian. it could be nice to have a common way to deal with elevated user privileges problem. Actually, kvpnc and qtparted are use cases that require this functionnality. * from Olivier Trichet : > On Debian system, you may use the "s

Bug#359962: alternative to X-KDE-SubstituteUID for non KDE desktops

2006-04-24 Thread Olivier Trichet
Le Lundi 24 Avril 2006 16:30, Fathi Boudra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > After some investigation, i found this thread "Mini-proposal for > Elevated User Privileges in menu-spec": > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2005-May/006893.html > > I asked on the list how to avoid gksu dependency

Bug#359962: alternative to X-KDE-SubstituteUID for non KDE desktops

2006-04-24 Thread Fathi Boudra
After some investigation, i found this thread "Mini-proposal for Elevated User Privileges in menu-spec": http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2005-May/006893.html I asked on the list how to avoid gksu dependency for a KDE apps : * if i need to provide a specific desktop file for each desktops