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    <title><![CDATA[It's wrong to stop all activities for requesting administrator password]]></title>
    <link>http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/20378/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[When you start an application that require administrator privileges (i.e. synaptic) the system is locked and you can not use other applications. <br />
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<b>[-23 votes] Solution #1: Limit the password request to the only application that requires it</b>
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<b>[-17 votes] Solution #2: user selection security level.</b>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from Darwin Survivor</title>
  <description><![CDATA[This is a huge security feature. Locking out the machine prevents anyone who has installed some keyloggers or remote-capture software from attempting to enter passwords.<br /><br />Note: I don't think it's perfect (a kernel module keylogger could still probably get through), but it GREATLY reduces the security risk.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from chaos.ct</title>
  <description><![CDATA[And it prevents you from accidentally messaging your password by IM for instance.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Comment from AndrewLuecke</title>
  <description><![CDATA[There is a good reason for that. It ensures users type it into the correct window, and has many other benefits as mentioned. <br /><br />The better solution would be to minimise the need for prompts by doing stuff such as allowing home directory DEB installs and such]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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