Public bug reported:

Users who are experienced with Apache can intuit which actions will
require superuser privileges to complete and will not be surprised by
the request for authentication. However, I see two problems here:

1) Users who are not Apache-savvy will not know which features require
superuser privileges and may assume that all of them do.

2) Users who do not have superuser privileges may be frustrated by
constant requests for authentication and wonder just what they *are*
allowed to do.

As a solution, I propose that a glyph or other indication is placed next
to operations that do not require superuser privileges; or perhaps a
separate tab or interface for changes that can be made by an
unprivileged user.

** Affects: rapache
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Users cannot find out which actions require superuser privileges without 
trial-and-error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271036
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Status in rapache: New

Bug description:
Users who are experienced with Apache can intuit which actions will require 
superuser privileges to complete and will not be surprised by the request for 
authentication. However, I see two problems here:

1) Users who are not Apache-savvy will not know which features require 
superuser privileges and may assume that all of them do.

2) Users who do not have superuser privileges may be frustrated by constant 
requests for authentication and wonder just what they *are* allowed to do.

As a solution, I propose that a glyph or other indication is placed next to 
operations that do not require superuser privileges; or perhaps a separate tab 
or interface for changes that can be made by an unprivileged user.

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