Is automatic reauthentication possible?
Is automatic reauthentication possible?
- Subject: Is automatic reauthentication possible?
- From: Simone Manganelli <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:16:17 -0800
Is there any way to reauthenticate (or is it authorize? I can never
remember) a user WITHOUT them having to enter their password again, so
that the 5-minute timeout does not occur? My program requests access
to the UNIX "kill" command ( /bin/kill ), and this request, by default,
times out after 5 minutes. I would like to extend it indefinitely
without having to enter the password again. I understand that this is
not too secure, but I do have my program automatically deauthenticate
on quit, and the user can also explicitly press a button to
deauthenticate if they don't want that ability anymore.
An alternative but less desirable way to do this would be to receive
notification of automatic deauthentication. Is there any way to do
that? I understand I could just put a timer to automatically reflect
the 5-minute timeout in my interface, but I would rather implement one
of the former 2 ways (preferably the first).
Thanks for any help in advance.
-- Simone Manganelli
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