On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 18:23 +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 05:51:39PM +0200, Fabian Scheler wrote: > > Hello, > > > > maybe this is a rather stupid question, but maybe I just searched at > > the wrong places for more information. In suse 10.0 the susewatcher > > reminded me when security updates were available and I was able to > > install them after I entered the administrator password. Now there are > > three desktop applets in kde to update, install and remove software > > (these applets must be concerned with this new package management > > stuff, are they?) and the update function reminds me when there is a > > more up to date version of a package available (not only in case of > > security fixes), but, unfortunately this tool does not ask for the > > administrator password, it just tells me that I have to be superuser, > > in case, I want to update software. So my questions are: > > > > 1. Is it possible in some way to update the software when having the > > administrator password but not being logged in as superuser with this > > tool? > > I dont think so. > > A desktop link to > kdesu yast2 online_update > will however work (prompt for root password everytime). > Yes but the update tool on the taskbar will show x number of packages have updates, I bring up the window and tell the it to update the packages and in the end I get an error that tells me I must be root to perform that task. So what good is it if cannot be used?
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