08-09-2010
I am thinking of using the system function at stdlib.h calling gksudo. Then writing a value to a file or something and then, through C++ check this value and decide if the access is accepted or not...
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
stdlib
stdlib.h(3HEAD) Headers stdlib.h(3HEAD)
NAME
stdlib.h, stdlib - standard library definitions
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <stdlib.h> header defines the following macros:
EXIT_FAILURE Unsuccessful termination for exit(); evaluates to a non-zero value. See exit(3C).
EXIT_SUCCESS Successful termination for exit(); evaluates to 0.
NULL Null pointer.
{RAND_MAX} Maximum value returned by rand(); at least 32767. See rand(3C).
{MB_CUR_MAX} Integer expression whose value is the maximum number of bytes in a character specified by the current locale.
The following data types are defined through typedef:
div_t structure type returned by the div() function
ldiv_t structure type returned by the ldiv() function
lldiv_t structure type returned by the lldiv() function
size_t as described in <stddef.h>
wchar_t as described in <stddef.h>
See div(3C), which covers div(), ldiv(), and lldiv(), and stddef.h(3HEAD).
In addition, the symbolic names and macros listed below are defined as in <sys/wait.h>, for use in decoding the return value from system().
See wait.h(3HEAD) and system(3C).
WNOHANG
WUNTRACED
WEXITSTATUS
WIFEXITED
WIFSIGNALED
WIFSTOPPED
WSTOPSIG
WTERMSIG
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
a64l(3C), abort(3C), abs(3C), atexit(3C), bsearch(3C), div(3C), drand48(3C), exit(3C), getenv(3C), getsubopt(3C), grantpt(3C), malloc(3C),
mblen(3C), mbstowcs(3C), mbtowc(3C), mkstemp(3C), ptsname(3C), putenv(3C), qsort(3C), random(3C), realpath(3C), strtod(3C), strtol(3C),
strtoul(3C), unlockpt(3C), wcstombs(3C), wctomb(3C), limits.h(3HEAD), math.h(3HEAD), stddef.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), wait.h(3HEAD),
attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 10 Sep 2004 stdlib.h(3HEAD)