Vote for new Ubuntu Feature---Let's try it again

[Cybe R. Wizard]

Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com>  said:
> That's what he thought he was asking for, but his example requires a
> running program to be able to escalate it's privileges.  A better
> solution for the problem he was asking about would be for the text
> editor in question (he didn't say which one he used) to indicate that
> it wouldn't be able to write back to the file it just opened.  That
> would get him avoiding the suprise at the end of not being able to
> save the file.
> 
> Scott K

I remember having that problem when I first came to Linux.  I viewed it
as a learning experience and have since opened terminal first to
elevate (sounds better than escalate  ;-} ) my admin privileges as the
program opens.
Should the OP not do likewise instead of depending on the program/OS to
do so for him?
Really, <sudo program_of_choice> isn't so hard and then you /do/ get
asked for your password.
I'm not sure I want that much babying from my computer, no offense to
the OP.

Cybe R. Wizard
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