Thank you sir, for that helpful information. Leo --- On Tue, 1/17/12, Marc Deslauriers <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Marc Deslauriers <[email protected]> Subject: [Bug 917874] Re: UPGRADED TO 11.10 AND IT IS ALLOWING UPDATE MANAGER TO INSTALL UPDATES WITHOUT ASKING ME FOR MY PASSWORD. To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 9:27 PM Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This is not a bug, but rather expected behavior: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Update_Manager_doesn.27t_prompt_for_security_updates Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find. ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917874 Title: UPGRADED TO 11.10 AND IT IS ALLOWING UPDATE MANAGER TO INSTALL UPDATES WITHOUT ASKING ME FOR MY PASSWORD. Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: UPDATE MANAGER IS ALLOWING ME TO UPDATE WITHOUT ASKING FOR A PASSWORD IS THIS OK BECAUSE I LOGGED IN AT STARTUP? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jan 17 12:38:30 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-14 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/917874/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917874 Title: UPGRADED TO 11.10 AND IT IS ALLOWING UPDATE MANAGER TO INSTALL UPDATES WITHOUT ASKING ME FOR MY PASSWORD. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/917874/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
