On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 17:12:18 -0500 Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do remember having to give a password, but I don't remember how long > ago now. And I have too much open right now to test drive whether mine > does it or not these days.. :) > As I did the other day. I've tried it now (up-to-date unstable) and it works for a non-root user. > I do understand everyone's rationale for why they like or dislike > either way. Something I did *not* understand when I saw it in > operation was why a password was needed at the terminal but not from > within the GUI's "Applications > Log Out" menu path. > Yes, it's not so much *what* happens, as how it's different now than it was, and how few regular Debian users seemed to know about it. Only the developers seemed to be aware of the issue. As I said, I do glance through changelogs to look for real gotchas that affect me (not really many of them) and I don't recall seeing a warning about this. And it *should* have been a warning, not just a tiny footnote, because it's a [small] security measure being turned off by default. That shouldn't happen during an upgrade without a reasonable attempt to warn users. > I think I finally came to the (potentially misguided) a-sumption that > one rationale *might* have something to do with having to sit here in > person to click the GUI's menu path but maybe not for the terminal > and/or other (?) hackable routes....... :) I think there's a case for asking which way to set it during an expert install or during the upgrade that reversed the default setting. We are asked about root/non-root permission for the man pages. -- Joe