Weird root password caching in GNOME

[Brent Fox]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:21, DAVID BALAZIC wrote:
> On a Fedora test3 system I logged into X as a regular user.
> Started "System Settings / Date & Time" from the menu and was asked for the root
> password. I entered it and the data/time dialog appeared. I closed it. The status bar
> had the keys icon on it , indicating that the root password was "cached". Then I started
> /usr/bin/redhat-config-date from a terminal window and was asked again for the root
> password ( in a dialog ). Why ?
> 
> I entered it again, the date/time dialog appeared, I closed it, started again
> /usr/bin/redhat-config-date and now it did not ask for password.
> 
> Same problem also with redhat-config-xfree86 , when run from menu, it asks for root
> password, then if run from terminal it asks again, then when run again from
> terminal , it does not ask.
> 
> As if there were a separate "cache" for start menu and terminals. Each terminal that is.
> Is that by design ?
> Or a bug ?
> 

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107404

Cheers,
   Brent