KDESu::SuProcess Class Reference

Executes a command under elevated privileges, using su. More...

#include <kdesu/su.h>

Inheritance diagram for KDESu::SuProcess:

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	checkMode { NoCheck = 0, Install = 1, NeedPassword = 2 }
enum	Errors { SuNotFound = 1, SuNotAllowed, SuIncorrectPassword }
Public Member Functions
	SuProcess (const QByteArray &user=0, const QByteArray &command=0)
	~SuProcess ()
int	checkInstall (const char *password)
int	checkNeedPassword ()
int	exec (const char *password, int check=NoCheck)
QString	superUserCommand ()
bool	useUsersOwnPassword ()
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	virtual_hook (int id, void *data)

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Detailed Description

Executes a command under elevated privileges, using su.

Definition at line 25 of file su.h.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum KDESu::SuProcess::checkMode

Executes the command.

This will wait for the command to finish.

Enumerator:

NoCheck
Install
NeedPassword

Definition at line 36 of file su.h.

enum KDESu::SuProcess::Errors

Enumerator:

SuNotFound
SuNotAllowed
SuIncorrectPassword

Definition at line 31 of file su.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KDESu::SuProcess::SuProcess	(	const QByteArray &	user = 0,
		const QByteArray &	command = 0
	)		[explicit]

Definition at line 72 of file su.cpp.

KDESu::SuProcess::~SuProcess

(

)

Definition at line 89 of file su.cpp.

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Member Function Documentation

int KDESu::SuProcess::checkInstall

(

const char *

password

)

Checks if the stub is installed and the password is correct.

Returns:

Zero if everything is correct, nonzero otherwise.

Definition at line 109 of file su.cpp.

int KDESu::SuProcess::checkNeedPassword

(

)

Checks if a password is needed.

Definition at line 114 of file su.cpp.

int KDESu::SuProcess::exec	(	const char *	password,
		int	check = NoCheck
	)

Definition at line 123 of file su.cpp.

QString KDESu::SuProcess::superUserCommand

(

)

Checks what the default super user command is, e.g.

sudo, su, etc

Returns:

the default super user command

Definition at line 94 of file su.cpp.

bool KDESu::SuProcess::useUsersOwnPassword

(

)

Checks whether or not the user's password is being asked for or another user's password.

Due to usage of systems such as sudo, even when attempting to switch to another user one may need to enter their own password.

Definition at line 99 of file su.cpp.

void KDESu::SuProcess::virtual_hook	(	int	id,
		void *	data
	)		[protected, virtual]

Standard hack to add virtual methods in a BC way.

Unused.

Reimplemented from KDESu::StubProcess.

Definition at line 332 of file su.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• su.h
• su.cpp