Public bug reported:
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
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
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.d/README: parsed OK
modified.conffile..etc.sudoers: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission non
accordée: '/etc/sudoers']
modified.conffile..etc.sudoers.d.README: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission
non accordée: '/etc/sudoers.d/README']
** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring
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Sudo shouldn't ask for password by default
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