Torvalds:requiring root password for mundane things is moronic

[Miloslav Trmač]

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Scott Doty <scott at ponzo.net> wrote:
> How about allowing all printer management of local printers (including
> adding a network printer, as Linus & his daughter were dealing with) with
> two factors:
>
> 1) user password
> 2) physical access
>
> ...because PolKit already knows when the user is sitting at the console,
> right?

"Sitting at the console" is not equivalent to "unrestricted physical
access" allowed, e.g. in any university computer lab.