#!/usr/bin/env python
#
"""
# One possibility:
from PyQt4 import QtGui

app = QtGui.QApplication([])
result, ok = QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(None, "sudo",
        "Please enter the password to run as administrator",
        QtGui.QLineEdit.Password)


print result
#exit(0 if ok else 1)
"""

# This version connects via a socket to the main application
import socket
import sys

port = '\0larch-sudopw'
data = 'pw-get'

# Create a socket (SOCK_STREAM means a TCP socket)
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

# Connect to server and send data
sock.connect(port)
sock.send(data + '\n')

# Receive data from the server and shut down
received = sock.recv(1024)
sock.close()

print received