Michael (the update-manager author) tells me it has been several years since it was necessary to run update-manager as root (it was never setuid). It is all done with policykit nowadays.
-- update-manager no longer setuid, fails for non-root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412806 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
