Comment 10 for bug 8556

(In reply to comment #9)
> When using sudo at the command line, the user is asked for a password sometimes
> but not every time;
> > sudo ....
> password:
> > sudo root command
> > sudo root comand
> password:
>
> It leaves the user not knowing when they have root privileges and when they don't.
>
> Furthermore, clicking on the system tray update icon once will ask for a
> password; closing the program and clicking on the tray icon again does not ask
> for a password; this does not seem safe at all.

This is all by design, and nothing to worry about.