Vote for new Ubuntu Feature---Let's try it again

[Wulfy]

Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:
> mtyoung wrote:
>   
>> So, if Ubuntu wants to make me think twice before it allows me to
>> change something, then let it give me a warning message and ask for [my password]
>>     
>
> It's not what "Ubuntu wants", it's called keeping a multiuser operating
> system secure. If you want free and clear access to everything as a
> user, then either run your system in a horribly insecure way by logging
> in and doing everything as root all the time, or choose an operating
> system that doesn't make any distinction between users and
> administrators. 
>   
How is asking for a password which must be correct and the user with
sudoer having rights to do the operation in question (or the
authorisation fails) granting "free and clear access to everything" or
"run[ning] your system in a horribly insecure way by logging in... as root"?

If a random user typed sudo <command> it would work only if the user
had the privileges to do it.  As I understand what the OP is asking for,
if the system finds that the user doesn't have the privileges for a
particular operation, it runs sudo to authenticate.

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