screensaver and power manager dbus interfaces

[Thiago Macieira]

Bastian, Waldo wrote:
>>Next to that, care should be taken when using dbus in
>
>security-sensitive
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>>applications, like a screensaver -> the always returning "abort when
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>bus
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>>crashes" issue. You cant allow a screensaver to abort at any time,
>>certainly not because of some external service.
>
>Does the current dbuslib implementation allow you to specify what to do
>when the dbus connection gets dropped? If not, then I think that should
>be added.

What do you mean, Waldo?

There's one option in libdbus-1 to quit the application if the connection 
breaks, but as far as desktop applications go, it's pretty dangerous. 
It's off by default.

The bindings should provide a higher-level interface to trigger a graceful 
exit (saving files, etc.). Applications that are security-sensitive could 
reconnect instead [also handled at a higher-level].

-- 
Thiago José Macieira - thiago.macieira AT trolltech.com
Trolltech AS - Sandakerveien 116, NO-0402 Oslo, Norway
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