I would like to add that one of the best things ubuntu has going for it
is that in order to install anything you have to use adm. password to do
it. I would much rather have to use it to install anything including
updates no matter who is using my computer..
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That's why I've marked my follow-up Bug #863602 as invalid.
As I understood the policy says
< update *already installed* software without password >
which doesn't regard installations of new packages. Admitted it's still
confusing the user.
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Ok, without sounding like I am whinging, and whining.
2nd time update manager has run on the new 11.10 upgrade, it again updated
software after I pressed the 'install updates' button without asking for any
password.
This was not a release update, it was the usual patch cycle.
This is a now a ve
This is worrying as I don't want my kids to be able to install without admin
authorisation under their own logon.
Are security actions like removing all 3rd party PPAs necessary?
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Can somebody clarify what should happen here? In 11.04 whenever I used
update manager to install updates I was asked to authenticate. On 11.10
Beta (15th Sept 2011) I am not asked to authenticate. Comments above
suggest that this is correct for administrator users. This appears not
to be consis
Actually it asks again for authentication. Bug #819328
Please clarify what is expected, authentication or not?
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Title:
[Oneiric] update-manager in
Thanks for the clarification Brian.
When I did a partitial upgrade it requested a passwd, although it updated
already installed packages, then the policy seems to be inconsistent when it
says 'update already installed software'.
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This is by design and only applies to admins:
policykit-desktop-privileges (0.6) oneiric; urgency=low
* Allow local admins to update already installed software without
password.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/0.6
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubunt
In changelog I ran into Bug #626798, maybe it's related to policykit.
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Title:
[Oneiric] update-manager installs packages without authentication
T
This was also the case in update-manager version 151.7 it seems.
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** Tags added: regression-release
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Confirmed in a fresh install of 11.10.
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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I can confirm this too - also I don't think it's proper to assign a bug
to yourself unless you're currently working on a fix. Unless we're all
mistaken here it seems like quite a serious security issue to allow
updates to be done with any authentication.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
I
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
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Thanks. I will test this out as soon as possible and report back.
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => RedSingularity (redsingularity)
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$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
Installed: 1:0.152.6
Candidate: 1:0.152.6
Version table:
*** 1:0.152.6 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomp
Sam, post the output of:
apt-cache policy update-manager
Thanks.
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
[Oneiric] update-manager installs packages without authentication
** Description changed:
Wait until update-manager in launcher calls for attention to upgrade.
- Click on launcher icon displays update-manger and a list of packages to
upgrade.
+ Click on launcher icon displays update-manger and a list of packages to
upgrade.
Click on install downloads and
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