[Bug 1174961] [NEW] Sudo shouldn't ask for password by default

[Julien Olivier]

Public bug reported:

On a desktop system, there is no valid reason for sudo to ask the user's
password. Desktop users really only care about their personal files
which, ironically, are the only ones *not* protected. So, basically, if
you want to make a desktop user very angry, all you have to do is
execute "rm -rf ~/*", which doesn't need sudo. The conclusion is that,
for desktop users, asking for the sudo password protects them from
nothing they really care about, and it makes their life a bit more
difficult for no good reason.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: sudo 1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May  1 00:06:10 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-15 (958 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2011-04-01 (760 days ago)
VisudoCheck:
 /etc/sudoers: parsed OK
 /etc/sudoers.d/README: parsed OK
modified.conffile..etc.sudoers: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/etc/sudoers']
modified.conffile..etc.sudoers.d.README: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/etc/sudoers.d/README']

** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring

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Title:
  Sudo shouldn't ask for password by default

Status in “sudo” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On a desktop system, there is no valid reason for sudo to ask the
  user's password. Desktop users really only care about their personal
  files which, ironically, are the only ones *not* protected. So,
  basically, if you want to make a desktop user very angry, all you have
  to do is execute "rm -rf ~/*", which doesn't need sudo. The conclusion
  is that, for desktop users, asking for the sudo password protects them
  from nothing they really care about, and it makes their life a bit
  more difficult for no good reason.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: sudo 1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed May  1 00:06:10 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-15 (958 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: sudo
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2011-04-01 (760 days ago)
  VisudoCheck:
   /etc/sudoers: parsed OK
   /etc/sudoers.d/README: parsed OK
  modified.conffile..etc.sudoers: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/etc/sudoers']
  modified.conffile..etc.sudoers.d.README: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/etc/sudoers.d/README']

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