Sudo / Gksudo : calling for testers !

[Vincent Trouilliez]

> As Dennis Kaarsemaker mentioned tty_tickets is turned on by default
> in /etc/sudoers. This means that the timestamps are not shared between
> different pseudo-terminals (ptys).
> 
> When you use gksudo from a terminal that has run sudo, they are on the
> same pty and hence share the timestamp. If you run sudo from two
> different ptys (try two different gnome-terminal windows/tabs) they
> won't share the timestamp.
> 
> You can remove tty_tickets from /etc/sudosers, which will make it share
> the timestamp between terminals.
> 
> James "Doc" Livingston 

Thanks James. I turned that flag off, and now everything works as
expected ! I didn't react to Dennis' post because he was talking about
tty only, and I though GUI apps had nothing to do with that ?!
But your post somehow helped me make the link... enough to get me to
give this flag a try, and see that it works !
Thanks James and Dennis...

Okay, so I have a workaround now. Next question is, I guess, why isn't
this flag turned off by default ???
What is the point for an average desktop user, to have different time
stamps, and how is one's brain even supposed to cope with this concept ?
I know my brain see sense only in one time stamp per user, anyhow.
I am sure someone will show me some particular case where it makes
sense, but so far, in 9 month using Warty, Hoary and now Breezy, as
"normal" desktop user, not a tech guru, the current behavior makes zero
sense to me, and rather confuses and irritates me, whereas with the flag
turned off, it instantly feels sooo natural and logical and easy.



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Vince