<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> > The feature I propose is that every time Ubuntu won't let you do <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > something because you're not the root user or owner of something, it > should give you the opportunity to enter your password. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I get the opportunity everytime i launch something that requires root privileges. On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 17:24 +0000, ac wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> mtyoung wrote: > Not being able to login as root user in Ubuntu is a pain. > > The feature I propose is that every time Ubuntu won't let you do > something because you're not the root user or owner of something, it > should give you the opportunity to enter your password. > > Some features do that now. Make it universal. no thanks, I appreciate the security the current approach provides -- ac </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>