Author: sajolida Date: To: Tails user experience & user interface design Subject: Re: [Tails-ux] Hide internal drives when no admin password has been
entered
intrigeri: > Peter N. Glaskowsky wrote (27 Jun 2015 21:18:41 GMT) :
>>> On Jun 27, 2015, at 09:27, sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>>>
>>> So, if instead of displaying a password prompt, we could display a
>>> message explaining that this feature is not available unless you set up
>>> an administration password when starting Tails (and this for security
>>> reasons), then I would be in favor of "learnability" and not
>>> "consistency". This would:
>>>
>>> - Allow learnability for real
>>> - Fix this problem for all administration tasks
>>> - Match the mental model of advanced users
>>>
>>> Does this make sense?
>
>> Yes, I think so. I have the same issue with the admin password prompt. It should make
>> it clear that the user must "create" or "define" a new temporary password to enable
>> admin features.
>
> It does make sense to me. Now, I've no idea how doable this is in
> practice: I guess it requires configuring PolicyKit to display
> a different message.
>
> Assuming we got a consensus on this, may someone please update the
> ticket accordingly, and flag it as a Research work?
