update without a password

[Phil Bieber]

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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 13:23, Lorand Erik  wrote:
> is there no other way?:O
>
> 2008/7/30 David Meireles
>>
>> You can setup cron to run a scrip that runs apt-get update and the
>> apt-get dist-upgrade -y. Althrough, not recomended if you have to
>> interact with the update process (like, choosing an option, confirm
>> selections, etc...).
>>
>> Lóránd Erik escreveu:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > How could i set that in ubuntu 8.04.1 that when an update comes, it
>> > just downloads&intalls in the background, without asking for a
>> > password?:S i already searched google:S not many luck, someone could
>> > help me?
>> >
>> > bye& thank you!!!
>>

Hi!
This is hypothetical, not tested, and I'm not that much of an expert,
so beware ;)
One can allow his group to use aptitude / updatemanager / the updating
software in the sudoers file for root access without password...
So, add your group/username to the sudoers file, allow root access for
the update-manager without password, and you should be ready to go....

Cheers

Phil Bieber
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