Re: Late authentication

2015-01-07 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-01-06, August Karlstrom wrote: > On 2015-01-06 17:40, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> On 2015-01-05, August Karlstrom wrote: >>> I tried adding the file >>> /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/test.pkla with the content >>> below (and restarting X) but it made no difference; update-manager

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-06 Thread August Karlstrom
On 2015-01-05 22:50, Andrei POPESCU wrote: One possible way around it would be to do the update via something like cron-apt, apticron, unattended-upgrades, etc. Those tools also do inform you if updates are available ;) Thanks for the tip, Andrei. I have installed apticron and configured it to

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-06 Thread August Karlstrom
On 2015-01-06 17:40, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2015-01-05, August Karlstrom wrote: I tried adding the file /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/test.pkla with the content below (and restarting X) but it made no difference; update-manager still asks for root password when launched. $ sudo c

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-06 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-01-05, August Karlstrom wrote: > On 2015-01-04 17:30, August Karlstrom wrote: >> I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I >> remember correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update >> Manager ask for sudo password only when/if needed. >> >> How do

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-06 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-01-06, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 05/01/15 22:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Du, 04 ian 15, 17:02:12, August Karlstrom wrote: >>> I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember >>> correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask >

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-06 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 05/01/15 22:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 04 ian 15, 17:02:12, August Karlstrom wrote: >> I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember >> correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask >> for sudo password only when/if needed. >> >>

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-05 Thread Gary Dale
On 05/01/15 04:40 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 04 ian 15, 17:02:12, August Karlstrom wrote: I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask for sudo password only when/if needed. How do I

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 04 ian 15, 17:02:12, August Karlstrom wrote: > I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember > correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask > for sudo password only when/if needed. > > How do I configure the system so I can launch

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-05 Thread Bob Proulx
August Karlstrom wrote: > I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember > correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask > for sudo password only when/if needed. > > How do I configure the system so I can launch for instance Update Manager

Re: Late authentication

2015-01-05 Thread August Karlstrom
On 2015-01-04 17:30, August Karlstrom wrote: I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask for sudo password only when/if needed. How do I configure the system so I can launch for instance Up

Late authentication

2015-01-04 Thread August Karlstrom
I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask for sudo password only when/if needed. How do I configure the system so I can launch for instance Update Manager as normal user, check if there