Bug#615493: window manager hook to authorize configuration

[Guido Günther]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 02:11:08PM -0800, Mark Hedges wrote:
> Subject: system-config-printer-udev: window manager hook to authorize configuration
> Package: system-config-printer-udev
> Version: 1.2.3-3
> Severity: wishlist
> 
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> If I could set an option for a box to pop up and ask "configure printer?"
> with the information it identified to the kernel usb interface to verify,
> no one would be able to plug in a bogus usb thing pretending to be my printer, 
> to exploit some unknown security bug in usb, cups, hplip, or any that polls
> the printer device.  When my laptop closes, the screen locks, which would
> let me type my password to have an authentic login while I'm there to plug
> in the device.  Can the message bus send confirm/ok dialogs to the pop-up
> notices and get an answer back from an authorized & authenticated user?

Sounds reasonable. This should be done using PolKit, I guess.
Cheers,
 -- Guido