update manager no longer asking for password in 11.10

[Alan Pope]

On 21 October 2011 01:04, macgyver <macgyver at calibre-solutions.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:14:04 +0000 (UTC), sktsee <sktseer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> $ sudo dpkg -i alsa-utils_1.0.24.2-0ubuntu8_i386.deb
>> (install it)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> And that is where I see that a problem lies.
>

No. He used sudo there to install an old package so he could show what
happens when you _update_ an existing installed package using aptdcon
(like update manager).

> Without any prompting of the user, something has been replaced.
>

No, he used sudo.

> One could have a script written to remove a default package, download a
> copy of a package from *somewhere* (i.e. not a ubuntu repository) and
> "install" it... with anything someone wanted to have as part of the
> "replacement" package.
>

No, you can't. It's only for already installed packages.

Al.