[Bug 308967] New: Cannot choose if entering user or root password in grphical sudo operations

[Leonardo Giordani]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308967

            Bug ID: 308967
          Severity: wishlist
           Version: 4.9
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: Cannot choose if entering user or root password in
                    grphical sudo operations
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: giordani.leonardo at gmail.com
          Hardware: Ubuntu Packages
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kde

I am the administrator of several Linux machines running KDE and many times I
find myself updating or fixing machines where I have to be logged as the user
which asked me some feature or help.

The standard issue is that I want to do something that pops up the sudo
password window (I'm on Kubuntu, any user can so anything through sudo), and I
have to ask the user to enter the password. This means that the user has to be
there for the whole session waiting to enter the password for me.

Could it be possible to add a simple "Perform as root" button to that window,
so that I can type the root password instead of user's?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Let a non-privileged (but sudoer) user log in
2. Try to perform some administrative task
3. You cannot enter root password instead of user's
Actual Results:  
You must ask the user to enter their password

Expected Results:  
Expose a "Perform as root" button and let me enter root password

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