Bug#717742: Apper doesn't ask for root password before installation of packages

2013-07-24 Thread Ɓukasz Konieczny
Package: apper Version: 0.8.0-2 Severity: important I use testing (currently it is Jessie). Recently there was an update of PackageKit, so I'm not exactly sure whether it is a bug in apper or packagekit (or maybe another package, which is maybe used by apper to authenticate installation). W

Bug#717742: Apper doesn't ask for root password before installation of packages

2013-07-24 Thread Matthias Klumpp
Hi! PK allows local active users to install signed software without prompting for authentication sibce 0.8.8. This is planned to be changed in Debian, although it is no security risk. The planned policy for PK 0.8.10 (next scheduled release) is to allow local active users in the wheel group to inst