Last bits in kde-workspace

[Aleix Pol]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 18 March 2014 14:26:06 Aleix Pol wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org>
> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 18 March 2014 11:31:04 Marco Martin wrote:
> > > > On Monday 17 March 2014, Aleix Pol wrote:
> > > > > Hi plasma,
> > > > > Do you know if kde-workspace/libs/kdm and kcheckpass can actually
> be
> > > > > dropped?
> > > > > It's being used by the screen locker at the moment and I'm feeling
> > >
> > > unsure.
> > >
> > > > uhm, wasn't libs/kdm already dropped?
> > > > anyways, any idea how to do the password check in the lockscreen
> without
> > >
> > > it?
> > >
> > > > will it use something coming from lightdm?
> > >
> > > kcheckpass is a binary that just checks the password. It was intended
> to
> > > be
> > > extremely small to make it possible to use suid. This is no longer
> needed,
> > > one
> > > doesn't need to be suid to check the password. Thus the usecase for
> > > kcheckpass
> > > is no longer needed.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Martin
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> > So what should we change kcheckpass for?
>
> I think we need to wait for David to return...
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
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I'll move it into ksmserver/screenlocker and let the maintainer decide.

Aleix
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