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Using MoreSCF

Hi,
I have been try to get the MoreSCF utils to work, and just realize I need
to my dialler, to be ran as root, and then I got the API's to work.

The thing I thought was strange is that my network settings weren't
locked, so when I wasn't logged in as root user, I thought it should have
worked. I.e. The lock in the network settings is unlocked.

Any ideas, how I can my application to temporally to have root access when
setting up the configuration items, and then loose the privilege ???.

I have seen the AuthSample, but this says that GUI applications shouldn't
be able to have root privileges which seems strange to me, and the sample is
presently confusing.

I would have thought, that if a process wants root privileges, the process
calls an API, which causes a dialog to appear similar to clicking on the
unlock button in the system preferences (network settings), so the user is
fully aware that we are going to change something.

Thanks
Mark.
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