[Bug 917874] Re: UPGRADED TO 11.10 AND IT IS ALLOWING UPDATE MANAGER TO INSTALL UPDATES WITHOUT ASKING ME FOR MY PASSWORD.

[Marc Deslauriers]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.  This is not a bug, but rather expected behavior:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Update_Manager_doesn.27t_prompt_for_security_updates

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

** Visibility changed to: Public

** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability

** Visibility changed to: Public

** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability

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

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Title:
  UPGRADED TO 11.10 AND IT IS ALLOWING UPDATE MANAGER TO INSTALL UPDATES
  WITHOUT ASKING ME FOR MY PASSWORD.

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

Bug description:
  UPDATE MANAGER IS ALLOWING ME TO UPDATE WITHOUT ASKING FOR A PASSWORD
  IS THIS OK BECAUSE I LOGGED IN AT STARTUP?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Jan 17 12:38:30 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-14 (3 days ago)

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