Comment 16 for bug 13661
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| Jeff Anderson (jander99) wrote Re: get proxy config from gnome configuration | #16 |
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Would it be possible to rewrite parts of Synaptic to escalate privileges via PolicyKit instead of gksu? Inside the user-level environment, the user would be able to view installed packages, view available packages, then make some changes temporarily, only calling upon escalated privileges once hitting "Apply."
If that is the case, then couldn't gconf send data like proxy information to Synaptic while its running in user-level privileges, then upon escalation the only parts escalated are those that require actually installing the software.