On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:12:13 -0500, Norman Armstrong wrote: > Since I installed Lenny on my laptop I > have been experiencing a small difficulty. > > When I open a root > terminal (or other tasks which require root privilege) the system > grants me permission without requiring a password. It does display a > pop-up Granted permissions without asking for password. I > would like to turn this off, but cannot find out how to do this. > > Please point me to the information > which will allow me to fix this situation. > > Thank you, > Norm
I assume that you are using the default GNOME desktop. The way it's *supposed* to work is that the FIRST TIME you open a root terminal since starting the GNOME desktop it will prompt you for the administrative password. On the pop-up window where you are prompted for the administrative password is a check box labeled "Remember password". By default, the box is checked. If you uncheck the box, it will prompt you for the administrative password every time you open a root terminal. This is the safest procedure. But if you leave the box checked, it will only prompt the first time. Subsequent openings of "root terminal" will be granted access without supplying a password. If you logout of the GNOME desktop and then login again, it will prompt for the administrative password again. Just make sure that you uncheck the box marked "Remember password" and it will prompt you every time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
