Sudo shouldn't ask for password by default
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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sudo (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On a desktop system, there is no valid reason for sudo to ask the user's password. Desktop users really only care about their personal files which, ironically, are the only ones *not* protected. So, basically, if you want to make a desktop user very angry, all you have to do is execute "rm -rf ~/*", which doesn't need sudo. The conclusion is that, for desktop users, asking for the sudo password protects them from nothing they really care about, and it makes their life a bit more difficult for no good reason.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: sudo 1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 1 00:06:10 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-15 (958 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2011-04-01 (760 days ago)
VisudoCheck:
/etc/sudoers: parsed OK
/etc/sudoers.
modified.
modified.
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
OK, you set the bug invalid for sudo, so now could you please tell me which package it is supposed to affect?