20 May
2017
20 May
'17
7:23 a.m.
On Friday 19 May 2017 23.05:58 andre_debian(a)numericable.fr wrote:
The window proposes me to store the root password in
memory,
and after, for all root applications, I don't have to retype this password
during 120 min, even if the application is closed.
I open another root application before the 120 min,
but I have to retype the password.
Hello André,
I have the same behaviour. However, after some trial, I come to the following
conclusion: the message sould be understood as: "for 120 minutes you won't
have to enter the root password again *for the application you have just
given root rights*, not *for all applications*.
When I tried, I got this behaviour:
open synaptic - asked give root password - ticked the option to keep it -
enter root password
open gparted- asked give root password
open root terminal- asked give root password
open synaptic- no password asked - closed synaptic
open- no password asked - closed synaptic
So I think it's not a bug, it's a missunderstanding of the message's meaning
(or maybe we could ask the message to say "kept for up to 120 minutes for
this app"
Regards,
Thierry