Thank you so much, I had just about given up on Mono because I could find an answer anywhere,
I am using Gnome so I asume I use gksu? If i call it at startup when I then run shell commands I do not need to prefix sudo? Know where I can read some documentation? On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 14:04 -0800, Michael Hutchinson [via Mono] wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:43 AM, toogooda <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > > > I would like to know what code I use to prompt the user for password > so I can > > do admin tasks > > > > ie: I want to create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d at the command > line I > > would have to use sudu. > > > > if I open any GUI app in Ubuntu that wants to change settings I get > a nice > > box that pops up and asks "enter your password to perform > administrative > > tasks" > > > > How is this done in Mono, how is this done and how is that > authorization > > used to do the tasks. > > > That kind of thing is usually done by calling one of the graphical > sudos such as xdg-su/gksu/kdesu/etc, either in your launch script, to > have the whole app run as root, or in subprocesses run by your app, > to > prompt for individual actions. > > -- > Michael Hutchinson > http://mjhutchinson.com > _______________________________________________ > Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [hidden email] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > View message @ > http://n4.nabble.com/Password-popup-tp1576022p1819948.html > To unsubscribe from Password popup, click here. > > -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Password-popup-tp1576022p1934347.html Sent from the Mono - Gtk# mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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