Debian 5 security issue

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

Hello.

In running sybaptic, to check for available system updates, I 
encountered the following message, and it is not the first time that I 
have encountered the message.

"Granted permissions without asking for password

The '/usr/sbin/synaptic' program was started with the privileges of the 
root user without the need to ask for a password, due to your system's 
authentication mechanism setup.

It is possible that you are being allowed to run specific programs as 
user root without the need for a password, or that the password is 
cached.

This is not a problem report; it's simply a notification to make sure 
you are aware of this."

I have not knowingly configured the system to institute this system 
security breach.

How do I eliminate this system security breach?

Thank you in anticipation.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
  written by Douglas Adams,
  published by Pan Books, 1992

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