Whenever i mount any disk to ubuntu,and after typing the password, a new icon is created on the taskbar which says "click here to drop all elevated priviledges".
The icon is of harm even i click it or not but i was just curious to know more about it.
I believe the thread title says it all: I do not (always) see an icon that allows me to drop elevated privileges before time runs out. I've been trying to find the settings for this for an hour or so, but couldn't find it. Does anyone know where to look?
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