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> For certain features, they want you to reconfirm that the user presently at the keyboard is the real admin at the moment that you do it. If that's the case,

• mikestew 9y ago
  Sudo requires a password, so I’m confused. Do you mean the period of time before it requires entering creds again?
  • oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
    Yes, exactly. It requires a password, then doesn't require a password on subsequent attempts for a certain period of time.
    • natch 9y ago
      Good point. Clearly with sudo, aside from it following the UNIX convention for sudo, it is just a consciously made tradeoff between security and ease of use. Whereas with the security pane, the lack of checking of the password that is entered is most likely a bug. Maybe you already saw this but I see they also made the same security/ease of use tradeoff for the (non-buggy) locks in the other preference panes. After unlocking, it stays unlocked for a period of time while you are in preferences, even if you visit different areas within preferences and come back.
      • aetherson 9y ago
        It's not "most likely" a bug, it's definitely a bug. Nobody said, "We want to lower the security level of this feature, so let's keep the password prompt but allow any input to the password prompt."
    • ac29 9y ago
      Yes, but this is configurable all the way down to 0 minutes (always require password) [0]. [0] https://askubuntu.com/questions/636092/how-to-get-sudo-to-prompt-you-for-a-password-each-time https://askubuntu.com/questions/636092/how-to-get-sudo-to-pr...