[Gtk-sharp-list] Password popup

[toogooda]

Ignore my last sorry I get it gksu is a command line item so it is easy.

Thanks heaps buddy!

On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 14:04 -0800, Michael Hutchinson [via Mono] wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:43 AM, toogooda <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> 
> > 
> > I would like to know what code I use to prompt the user for password
> so I can 
> > do admin tasks 
> > 
> > ie: I want to create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d at the command
> line I 
> > would have to use sudu. 
> > 
> > if I open any GUI app in Ubuntu that wants to change settings I get
> a nice 
> > box that pops up and asks "enter your password to perform
> administrative 
> > tasks" 
> > 
> > How is this done in Mono, how is this done and how is that
> authorization 
> > used to do the tasks.
> 
> 
> That kind of thing is usually done by calling one of the graphical 
> sudos such as xdg-su/gksu/kdesu/etc, either in your launch script, to 
> have the whole app run as root, or in subprocesses run by your app,
> to 
> prompt for individual actions. 
> 
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