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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: ksuexec
From:       Geert Jansen <g.t.jansen () stud ! tue ! nl>
Date:       1999-02-22 19:56:55
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Andreas Pour wrote:

> What is the point of having a program to change to your own ID?  I thought
> this was to change to root's ID so you can administer your system . . ..

Yes it was. Using su to check a users'  password is a different something
but I came up with the idea when writing ksuexec.

The advantage of using su to check a users' password is that kcheckpass
then doesn't need to be setuid root (as it has to be on a shadow password
system). 

Maybe we should add this as another authentification method of kcheckpass?
Anyone?

Greetings,
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    Geert Jansen,                                email: <geertj@stack.nl>
    (future) Phylosopher and Physicist             PGP key ID: 0xD2B5E7CE

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