update-manager not asking for authentication in Oneiric Beta

[NoOp]

On 09/15/2011 03:17 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 15 September 2011 19:31, Ioannis Vranos <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hm, I do not know much about PAM, however if the first user is
>> registered as admin (root), I think it is bad idea, as it is a bad
>> idea to use your root account, for non-administrative use.
>>
> 
> I meant the first non-root user. The first user created during the
> installer is an admin, but not 'root'.
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 

Perhaps we all should take security a little more seriously:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/231601225

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/some-linux-foundation-crack-attack-details-emerge/9535

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/