[Konsole-devel] KDE 4 Konsole DBus works -- security objections, privilege escalation possible

[Eike Hein]

I should probably point out that Yakuake (a KPart-based
alternative terminal emulator user interface we ship in
Extragear to great success) has been offering a similar
interface for a number of years, first via DCOP, now via
D-Bus. It currently looks like this:

runCommand(QString command)
runCommandInTerminal(int terminalId, QString command)

'runCommand' operates on the active terminal; 'runComm-
andInTerminal' operates on the terminal that has the
id 'terminalId'. 'command' is sent to the terminal foll-
owed by a new-line.

These are frequently used by Yakuake users. Mostly in
concert with other calls to script startup (new tabs,
split arrangements, opening ssh connections in those
new terminals, etc.), however.


-- 
Regards,
Eike Hein, hein at kde.org