Important security updates are not automatically installed

[Kainalu]

Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk

When the radio button "Install security updates without confirmation" is highlighted, under Software Sources --> Updates, Security updates should be installed automatically. They are not.

Running Ubuntu 10.10

[Kainalu (kainalu-boi)]

How is this not a security problem? I have a machine that is not getting updated regularly, due to a flaw in the way that the system handles updates. That makes it a security problem.

[Bryan Wright (bryan-lp)]

I've noticed the same problem. This is clearly a security issue, and clearly a bug. The dialog box says "Install security updates without confirmation", yet the updates are not installed until the user enters a password. This is, at best, misleading. At the very least, the wording in the dialog box should read "Prompt user for password and install security updates".

I've only recently been trying out Ubuntu, and I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that my computer was getting security updates automatically. Yes, I can write a cron job to do it, but I'm guessing that the typical Ubuntu user won't do this, leaving the majority of Ubuntu machines vulnerable to security problems.

This needs to be fixed, not dismissed.

[Kainalu (kainalu-boi)]

After a recent update to update-manager, all updates now install based on selected settings.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

I am using xubuntu 11.04 and the bug exists in that installation. The red icon of update notifier shows there are security updates available, but they are not installed automatically. Here password is not prompted. I see no effect in the setting in software-properties-gtk.