Re: keeping passwords
> Hmmm, that is a serious security issue. I was hoping there would be a password
> encrypted password cache or something similar.
KWallet is what you are talking about. It works wonderfully for
KDE-based applications. unfortunately, Synaptic is GNOME-based... You
definately need to check out kdesu/kdesudo docs however.
I'll check out cron-apt. I'm
> not overly keen on cron based updates though especially at the moment (one
> false move and the whole of KDE gets removed in unstable :o).
>
> Thanks though,
>
> Graham
>
> > On 31/08/05, Graham Smith <graham@crazysquirrel.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if KDE has the ability to keep passwords for longer than
> > > the current session / log in. The keep password feature (when running an
> > > application as a different user) doesn't work as I would have excepted it
> > > to as it only keeps the password for the duration of the login.
> > >
> > > For instance, I use synaptic to update my desktop machine. I would like
> > > to have the ability to supply the root password just once and have it
> > > remembered indefinitely. I realize this is a bit of a security problem on
> > > machines that are used by numerous people but I am the only person that
> > > uses, and will ever use, my machine.
> > >
> > > Graham
> > >
> > >
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