KPasswordEdit patch (was Re: new widgets...)

[Neil Stevens]

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On Friday September 27, 2002 01:42, David Faure wrote:
> On Friday 27 September 2002 10:17, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > On Friday September 27, 2002 01:05, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > > It is not more secure at all because the mlock()/munlock() calls
> > > will fail if the processes is not running with root privileges.
> > > Citing Waldo: Sorry, security is not optional :)
> >
> > Well, it's free software.  Anyone who wants it optional is going to
> > make it optional.  The only question is, are people going to be able
> > to have flexible security models within KDE, or will they have to fork
> > KDE to do so?
>
> Oh come on. It makes no sense to include code that only works if you
> run a KDE application as root - we've always discouraged doing so
> (to the point that suidroot kde apps are forbidden by kapplication
> IIRC).

Grr.. that's not what I meant to convey.  I agree the mlock is worthless.  
I think the const char * is just as worthless.

I'm talking about making optional the use of a clunky, inconvenient const 
char *, when a QString is no less safe for nearly all of KDE's users.
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Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
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have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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