Well, you could ask the root user to update for you.
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i am the root user... if I open up update-manager and leave it open,
fetching a new list of updates requires a login which is unnecessary.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Fred
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Well, you could ask the root user to update for you.
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I guess apt-get update will remain to be a sudo. Read the last
comment.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Invalid
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If the update manager icon shows new updates, you can now (edgy, feisty)
view that list without sudo. However, if you click the check button,
it prompts for a password. This is annoying, because you can't check
for new updates without typing your password, even if there actually
aren't any.
Password is last 8 character and numer. First lettel is low letter then its
ok.
Pertti Uusiluoto
Finland.
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2007/5/18, Philip A. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If the update manager icon shows new updates, you can now (edgy, feisty)
view that
A password is needed since you modify your system. If you press on the
check button the list of available software will be updated and all
repositories will be queried.
If the check is done by a background job, it will be launched by the
root user and we can trust the root user fully. So no need
Michael, I agree - this does not appear to happen in Edgy. Resolve
fixed?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't this be fixed in Edgy?
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