Am 24.01.2014 13:56, schrieb Kevin Kofler:
Alternatively, the kernel could be patched to give "admin
users" (either
defined as members of the "wheel" group as now, or by some additional
property that would be set for the same users by default) some strategic
capabilities such as dac_override. That would also put an end to the endless
annoyance of having to sudo all the time. (And by the way, sudo and
PolicyKit actions should be allowed with no password (rather than the user
password as now) for wheel group members by default.) That way, you still
get the benefits from different accounts, e.g., different preferences per
family member, without the current restrictions imposed to "normal" users.
The endless password prompts make a lot of sense in controlled corporate
environments with dedicated system administrators, but on home machines,
they are just an unnecessary annoyance
no, they are not, they have the same reason as firefox asks
for the master-password before display stored passwords even
after you already entered it to login somewhere
they prevent that if you are not alone that while you go to
the toilet and forget to lock your screen unauthorized people
not doing things nobody wants on the machine
what you propose is the Apple way - not on a linux system please