I can't find anything in that FAQ that indicates that sudo privileges carries over to another window when gnome-terminal is closed. On the contrary, the FAQ claims that sudo offers the benefit of "fine-grained granting of privileges". Giving sudo access to whichever person that opens a terminal window within 15 minutes is hardly the best way to exercise fine-grained granting of privileges.
If you seriously mean that this is a feature, why is it implemented in such a way that only the first N windows/tabs get the sudo-privleges and why is it not documented? Please reopen this bug. Suggestion: Make gnome-terminal automatically perform a "sudo -k" on exit? -- gnome-terminal remembers sudo password between windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
