Clarify what is happening and who is requesting permissions in the UAC prompt.
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Description
No clue how achievable this would be, but if this could somehow show “Requested by Terminal” and maybe a “More Info” button that shows the full command line that’d be great.
I could see this being used as an attack vector against unskilled users who see the prompt and think “yeah, i trust Microsoft with admin permission." and click Yes blindly.
Original prompt (as seen in the documentation):
My suggested revision/alteration:
(obviously my version sucks visually. make it prettier ;) )
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No implementation files, entry points, or tests are named. Start by locating the Windows UAC prompt implementation and compare it with the original and revised screenshots; clarify the requested requester label, More Info behavior, and command-line display before estimating the work. Done means the prompt communicates who requested elevation and provides the requested command details.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- authorization, desktop, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100