Re: which process display a given window?

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On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 12:39 +0200, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
> A few moments ago on my F15 desktop appeared window with title
> "Authentication" and two user-fillable fields within, "Name" and
> "Password". Nothing else.
> At this moment I not expect from none of cca 15-20 running apps this
> question window, nor from several running applets (thus, probably
> some crackers want access to my credit cards ;)
>  
> How generally I can state which process display it?
> I would expect, when right-clicking on window top title bar, some
> item as e.g. "window properties" - where would be possible find info
> about process displaying this window. But there isn't nothing of the
> kind. Thus, is there other way discovering this?

Try the "top" command, and re-arrange the display order to show the most
recent processes at the top.  The dialog box may be near the top of the
list, and you can use that to work out where it came from.

But I'd be tempted to cancel the request, and see if it comes back
again, or if something else happens.

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