- rename Auth.pm --> Privileges.pm

- moved Privileges module to a dedicated namespace (AdminPanel)
- Privileges module now use English (for readability)

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/AdminPanel/Privileges.pm b/AdminPanel/Privileges.pm
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+# vim: set et ts=4 sw=4:
+#    Copyright 2012-2013 Matteo Pasotti
+#
+#    This file is part of AdminPanel
+#
+#    AdminPanel is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    AdminPanel is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with AdminPanel.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package AdminPanel::Privileges;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use diagnostics;
+require Exporter;
+use base qw(Exporter);
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+
+our @EXPORT = qw(require_root_capability
+         ask_for_authentication);
+
+sub require_root_capability {
+    return $EUID != 0;
+}
+
+sub ask_for_authentication {
+    my ($command, @args) = wrap_command($0, @ARGV);
+    unshift(@args,$command->[1]);
+    exec { $command->[0] } $command->[1], @args or die ("command %s missing", $command->[0]);
+}
+
+sub wrap_command {
+    my $wrapper = "pkexec";
+    my ($app, @args) = @_;
+    return ([$wrapper, $app], @args);
+}