Comment 15 for bug 66518
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| Stephen Cook (siti) wrote Re: [Edgy + Feisty] Startup Notification broken | #15 |
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(Get the code!)
Another patch that fixes the startup notification when you push cancel.
It is not possible without huge changes to fix the problem of the notification timing out if you take a while to enter your password. This is because sudo is run by libgksu over the whole time passwords are entered. When a password succeeds sudo just runs the application. This means you must give the startup notification ID to sudo...
On a side note, it would be much better if ubuntu used something more like vista's UAC. E.g. instead of entering a password you just push Allow or Deny. The reason for this is that entering your password is annoying, and is open to phishing style attacks. With just a simple allow or deny it would be secure against phishing attacks. Implementing it securely would not be an easy task.