=== modified file 'libgksu/gksu-run-helper.c'
--- libgksu/gksu-run-helper.c	2008-06-10 14:14:50 +0000
+++ libgksu/gksu-run-helper.c	2008-06-10 15:11:25 +0000
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@
 	     dirname, strerror (errno));
 }
 
+gboolean read_gstring_from_stdin(GString *s)
+{
+  gchar buffer[255];
+  char *readp;
+  do
+  {
+     readp = fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), stdin);
+     strip (buffer);
+     g_string_append(s, buffer);
+  } while (sizeof(buffer)-1 == strlen(readp));
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -79,8 +92,6 @@
   gchar *xauth_token = NULL;
   gchar *sn_id = NULL;
 
-  gchar buffer[255];
-
   gint return_code;
 
   if (argc < 2)
@@ -101,24 +112,22 @@
   xauth_file = g_strdup_printf ("%s/.Xauthority",
 				xauth_dir);
 
-  fgets (buffer, 255, stdin);
-  strip (buffer);
+  GString *s = g_string_sized_new(255);
+  read_gstring_from_stdin(s);
 
   /* strlen ("gksu-run: ") == 10, see su.c */
-  xauth_display = g_strdup_printf ("%s", buffer + 10);
-
-  bzero (buffer, 255);
-  fgets (buffer, 255, stdin);
-  strip (buffer);
-
-  sn_id = g_strdup_printf ("%s", buffer + 10);
+  xauth_display = g_strdup_printf ("%s", s->str + 10);
+
+  s = g_string_truncate(s,0);
+  read_gstring_from_stdin(s);
+
+  sn_id = g_strdup_printf ("%s", s->str + 10);
   setenv("DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID", sn_id, TRUE);
 
-  bzero (buffer, 255);
-  fgets (buffer, 255, stdin);
-  strip (buffer);
+  s = g_string_truncate(s,0);
+  read_gstring_from_stdin(s);
 
-  xauth_token = g_strdup_printf ("%s", buffer + 10);
+  xauth_token = g_strdup_printf ("%s", s->str + 10);
 
   /* a bit more security is always fine */
   {
@@ -161,6 +170,7 @@
     return_code = system (argv[1]);
     
     clean_dir (xauth_dir);
+    g_string_free(s, TRUE);
     return return_code;
   }
 }