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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] kdesu dialog simplification
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-12-19 12:07:29
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On Fri December 19 2003 08:07, Frans Englich wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>   Patch below removes the line in the kdesu dialog which tells what command
> it was feeded, ie. "Command: /usr/local/kde_stable/bin/kcmshell clock
> --lang en_US".
>
> Reasons why it's bad to have that line:
> * It is not informative.

It's there to avoid being tricked into running things such as "rm -rf /" as 
root.

It's probably not very effective since "/bin/bash /tmp/configure_clock" looks 
harmless but could easily do the same.

Cheers,
Waldo
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bastian@kde.org -=|[ KDE: K Desktop for the Enterprise ]|=- bastian@suse.com
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