On 03/14/2013 11:56 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > Thanks for the info and the link. Strange that I just noticed it. I > suspect that it has not been consistent--it seems to me I have entered a PW > recently. > > Anybody have info on the log of the messages generated? > > -Denis > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Joe Niski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> this came up recently on this very list - it's a change in behavior from >> 11.10 onward. Interestingly, it's positioned as a security improvement >> (i.e. to make users more likely to actually install security updates). >> >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/86773/update-manager-doesnt-ask-for-a-passwo >> rd >> ________________________________________ >> Joe Shisei Niski >> Portland, Oregon, USA >> 至誠 >> >> >> >> >> On 2013-03-14 11:29 AM, "Denis Heidtmann" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Today I ran the update manager (a GUI). It indicated 44 updates. I >>> clicked on install. It proceeded without requesting the admin PW, which >>> is >>> unusual. The Applying Changes dialog took a long time, and the details >>> showed many warnings, the details of which I could not read as they went >>> by >>> too fast. The process went to completion, and the computer is functioning >>> fine, AFAIK. I searched for a log of what went on, but found nothing. >>> Shouldn't there be a log of those warning messages somewhere? I am >>> running Ubuntu 12.04. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -Denis >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug Looks like /var/log/apt/history.log.
Good hunting!! Bruce _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
