<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Martin Gräßlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mgraesslin@kde.org" target="_blank">mgraesslin@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tuesday 18 March 2014 14:26:06 Aleix Pol wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Martin Gräßlin <<a href="mailto:mgraesslin@kde.org">mgraesslin@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > On Tuesday 18 March 2014 11:31:04 Marco Martin wrote:<br>
> > > On Monday 17 March 2014, Aleix Pol wrote:<br>
> > > > Hi plasma,<br>
> > > > Do you know if kde-workspace/libs/kdm and kcheckpass can actually be<br>
> > > > dropped?<br>
> > > > It's being used by the screen locker at the moment and I'm feeling<br>
> ><br>
> > unsure.<br>
> ><br>
> > > uhm, wasn't libs/kdm already dropped?<br>
> > > anyways, any idea how to do the password check in the lockscreen without<br>
> ><br>
> > it?<br>
> ><br>
> > > will it use something coming from lightdm?<br>
> ><br>
> > kcheckpass is a binary that just checks the password. It was intended to<br>
> > be<br>
> > extremely small to make it possible to use suid. This is no longer needed,<br>
> > one<br>
> > doesn't need to be suid to check the password. Thus the usecase for<br>
> > kcheckpass<br>
> > is no longer needed.<br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers<br>
> > Martin<br>
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> So what should we change kcheckpass for?<br>
<br>
</div></div>I think we need to wait for David to return...<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Martin<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'll move it into ksmserver/screenlocker and let the maintainer decide.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Aleix</div></div>