On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 09:15 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/12/15 mac_v <[email protected]>: > > Why ask the admin password? > > - Update manager is designed to be shown only for admin accounts and > > doesnt show up for non-admins. > > Indeed. I prefer the OSX way which asks for a user _and_ a password. > This fits my use case which has my daughter using the Mac to surf the > web. If she stumbles upon a blocked site she can click a link to allow > it, come and get me and I'll type in my name and password to unlock > that site. > > - Admin User has already approved software source and accepted it as a > > trusted source when they add the repo sources to the list. > > > > Why this extra step for a simple update process? > > > > There could be a significant time delta between adding software > sources and updating the machine. If I was called away from my machine > and update manager popped up, I'd rather my 3 year old Son didn't stab > the install button and add the updates. I want some kind of security > confirmation. > > Cheers, > Al.
I was hoping someone would bring this up :) If someone other than the user is having access to a user account , there are bigger concerns than the guest updating the system. The guest[in this case the child] could delete important work files and do more damage. Why is updating harmful? Aernt the Stable release updates supposed to be pain-free? Well , parental control is a different issue. But when we are dealing with user accounts , why bother users for passwords. The default can be password-less and such user-scenarios can be dealt in parental-control. -- Cheers, mac_v _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
