[Bugs] #2756 UNSP: "Become Root" button in Terminal Activity kills anything running in current Terminal session

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Fri Jun 10 00:00:27 EDT 2011


#2756: "Become Root" button in Terminal Activity kills anything running in current
Terminal session
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    Reporter:  greenfeld                  |          Owner:  sayamindu                  
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  Terminal                   |        Version:  0.92.x                     
    Severity:  Minor                      |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  OLPC                       |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by greenfeld):

 Also of note: If the system needs to asks for a password, receives an
 invalid one, or otherwise is denied su rights, the terminal session then
 ends.  If there was only one session open, this also forces the activity
 to exit.

 This might be a good security deterrent, but could be very confusing for
 users.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2756#comment:2>
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