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Author: Lars Noodén
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] XFCE : Granted permissions without asking for password
On 05/05/2017 06:52 PM, Florian Zieboll wrote:
> On Fri, 5 May 2017 16:24:22 +0300
> Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@???> wrote:
>
>> I notice that the second time I launch the Root Terminal from XFCE, it
>> skips asking for a password and shows the following warning:
>
>>     Granted permissions without asking for password

>
>>     The '/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator' program was started
>>     with the privileges of the root user without the need
>>     to ask for a password, due to your system's
>>     authentication mechanism setup.

>
>>     It is possible that you are being allowed to run
>>     specific programs as user root without the need for a
>>     password, or that the password is cached.

>
>>     This is not a problem report; it's simply a
>>     notification to make sure you are aware of this.

>
>> I haven't seen this before. What should I change to have XFCE
>> require a password each time I launch the Root Terminal icon.
>
>
> I'm not using XFCE, but I'd bet on (gk)sudo causing this. If so, you
> can change this behavior by editing /etc/sudoers (best with the
> "visudo"-command) to add the following line to the defaults section:
>
> Defaults     timestamp_timeout=0


I've got that set, so it must be something else. I didn't see this with
a fresh installation of the beta but I am seeing it with a fresh
installation the RC 1.

Regards,
Lars