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Whenever I open a new terminal within 12.04, I am prompted to enter my sudo password.

Why is this happening?

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How are you opening your terminal(i.e. via icon)? You can try Alt+F2 and then type gnome-terminal, does it still ask for sudo? – IgnitE Nov 8 '12 at 11:56
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Did you - by any chance - accidentally use the "Root Terminal" (purple icon) instead of the "Gnome Terminal" (black icon)? – Takkat Nov 8 '12 at 11:57
the alt-f2 terminal does not appear on my screen. I was using the terminal which is found when simply typing in terminal into the unity interface. (black icon) – MattWritesCode Nov 8 '12 at 11:59
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Have you customized ~/.bashrc? – ændrük Nov 8 '12 at 21:05
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Please, open the terminal, enter your password and then type this command: pstree -als $$. That command has the answer to your question, so please paste the output here. – Andrea Corbellini Nov 18 '12 at 20:26
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check your .bashrc file in your home directory. Sometimes it contains some "sudo" commands

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