Re: Update notifier not requesting root privileges [SOLVED]

2009-06-02 Thread AG
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,02.Jun.09, 17:52:15, AG wrote: I don't know if this will help debugging this any, but apt-get requires a password but the Update Manager (Synaptic, I believe) from within Xfce4 doesn't. Has anyone else noticed this? I wouldn't mind forcing it to request ro

Re: Update notifier not requesting root privileges

2009-06-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,02.Jun.09, 17:52:15, AG wrote: >> > I don't know if this will help debugging this any, but apt-get requires > a password but the Update Manager (Synaptic, I believe) from within > Xfce4 doesn't. > > Has anyone else noticed this? I wouldn't mind forcing it to request > root's password,

Re: Update notifier not requesting root privileges

2009-06-02 Thread AG
AG wrote: Hello After having a recent fresh installation, I've noticed that the update notifier no longer seeks root privileges before downloading/ installing software packages. This is not a big concern as I am the only user. However, I do like the reassurance of having to deliberately do

Update notifier not requesting root privileges

2009-05-31 Thread AG
Hello After having a recent fresh installation, I've noticed that the update notifier no longer seeks root privileges before downloading/ installing software packages. This is not a big concern as I am the only user. However, I do like the reassurance of having to deliberately do things as