On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 12:15 -0500, Will Fiveash wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 05:04:30PM +0100, Mark Phalan wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 08:57 -0700, Henry B. Hotz wrote: > > > Off-thread, but can ktkt_warnd be configured to auto-renew? Warning > > > is nice, but better to just fix the problem. > > > > Yes, ktkt_warnd does renew. The applet is really useful when the max > > renew time is met and the user needs to re-authenticate. It might be > > useful for other things too but I see this as its primary purpose... > > Yes, an GNOME applet that visually, and optionally audibly, alerts the > user to the need to re-authenticate and provides an input window to do > so would be a nice refinement to the Java Desktop.
I think it would also be nice if it could make use of the notification framework in GNOME, although perhaps that functionality belongs in ktkt_warnd... -Mark
