Bug #70294 Workbench prompts for sudo password even if not needed

• Submitted: 11 Sep 2013 7:27
• Modified: 11 Sep 2013 7:28
• Reporter: Andrew Dalgleish
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Workbench
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 6.0.7
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: Alfredo Kojima
• CPU Architecture: Any

[11 Sep 2013 7:27] Andrew Dalgleish

Description:
Workbench prompts for a sudo password even if the user is configured with password-less sudo.

How to repeat:
Configure user in /etc/sudoers:
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

Suggested fix:
Add a user-interface option to enable/disable requesting the password.