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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] kdesu dialog simplification
From:       Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze () pandora ! be>
Date:       2003-12-19 14:22:52
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Op vrijdag 19 december 2003 13:07, schreef Waldo Bastian:
> 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.

I don't know if this is a good idea (speed etc), but maybe kdesu should check 
the command with a blacklist: if someone tries to use kdesu to do things like 
"rm -rf /" kdesu can maybe show an extra warning in this case...?

<snip>

- -- 
Mvg, Sander Devrieze.
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