[Bug 876450] Re: Update Manager not asking for password when I select "Install Updates"

[Marc Deslauriers]

This is not a regression.

Starting with Oneiric, users are not required to enter their credentials
in order to install security updates from trusted configured archives.

This is a deliberate decision to improve security by having security
updates easier to install.

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** Visibility changed to: Public

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Update Manager not asking for password when I select "Install Updates"

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I have Software Sources set to Display Immediately when new updates
  are available (see attached screenshot for Software Sources settings).
  When new updates become available I have to click "Install Updates"
  for installation to begin. In previous versions of Ubuntu, I have
  always, once I click Install Updates, had to input my password before
  installation would begin. But with 11.10, installation just begins
  with no password prompt.

  Is this a regression?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Oct 17 08:15:22 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-06 (10 days ago)

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