P� Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:25:04AM -0600, Jerry Haltom skrev: > On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 08:10, Wouter wrote: > > P� Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 02:42:57PM +0100, Michael Vogt skrev: > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 02:13:36PM -0600, Jerry Haltom wrote: > > > > The first problem I see is the applet would need to check for updates, > > > > without root access. I don't think the normal apt access methods will > > > > work as a user. > > > That's true. The infrastructure is already in synaptic, but the > > > problem is the root access. A possible way to workaround this problem > > > is to have alternative list, status and archive dirs. > > I suppose that the users that want an applet like the one described, will > > have root access on the box they're monitoring. Why would one want to > > monitor system updates if they can't be installed? So maybe it's an idea > > (yeah, it's not a perfect solution) to require sudo (or even gnome-sudo) to > > gain root access before apt-get updating. > Updating isnt' the problem. Asking for root access before updating is > definatly neccassary. What the problem is the applet sits passive in the > background at all times, monitoring for updates. It cannot check for > updates without root access, I don't think asking for the root password > on every login to the Gnome desktop is reasonable.
Sudo is highly configurable. It's easy to allow a user to run apt-get (as root, that is) without asking for a password. mvrgr, Wouter PS. Please quote the original message correctly. -- :wq mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] school's out for me :: school's out for you :: all be nice -- ladytron
