[Nautilus-list] Re: [PMH] Idea for Nautilus and GMC.

[Ben Ford]

Steven Willoughby wrote:

>On 23 May 2001 14:59:31 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
>
>>It would be cool to be able to:
>>
>>      Click on a RPM link to download the RPM file
>>      and then have an installer kick off that shows
>>      the RPM info and asks for an installation
>>      confirmation.  Then, prompt for the root
>>      password before actually installing the package.
>>
>>      Miles
>>
>>
>
>This would be even cooler if there was a standardized app that prompts
>for the root password (as it seems like there is, in gnome) and have it
>do something like sudo does, i.e. only prompts again after a
>configurable amount of seconds.
>

gnorpm-auth

It uses consolehelper to authorize and run gnorpm as root.

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