[Oneiric] update-manager installs packages without authentication
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Wait until update-manager in launcher calls for attention to upgrade.
Click on launcher icon displays update-manger and a list of packages to upgrade.
Click on install downloads and installs packages without authentication request.
Regarding security and considering an upgrade an admin task it's expected to request authentication.
## Similar Bug #811166
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 22 00:20:09 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110423)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=C
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Sam, post the output of:
apt-cache policy update-manager
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