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Bug 81556 - We need to support root password authentication when people try to run gnome-system-log
We need to support root password authentication when people try to run gnome-...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 126051
Product: gnome-utils
Classification: Deprecated
Component: logview
trunk
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: GNOME2.x
Assigned To: gnome-utils Maintainers
gnome-utils Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-05-12 15:40 UTC by Miles Lane
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Miles Lane 2002-05-12 15:40:45 UTC 
Problem:

Currently, if gnome-system-log is not SUID and you have
secured logfiles, gnome-system-log won't let the user
look at the system log.  

We ought to support a mechanism like red-carpet has
where a root password request dialog pops up if the
program is not being run by root.
Comment 1 Glynn Foster 2002-05-12 15:48:35 UTC 
Punting for 2.0. sorry ;)
There is another bug related to this though...the need for better
error messages [#76685] that we definitely want to fix for 2.0.
Comment 2 Luis Villa 2002-05-13 02:09:12 UTC 
Agreed with Glynn, but this would be really nice, though. Needs a
redcarpet style dialog.
Comment 3 Glynn Foster 2003-11-10 02:37:41 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 126051 ***