update-notifier should not run for non-admins
Bug #22959 reported by
Allison Karlitskaya
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
when users who are unable to run 'sudo' are logged in the update-notifer runs
and notifies them that updates are available. when they click on it it asks for
their password and even if they enter the correct password, they are unable to
do anything.
update-notifier should check on startup if the user is in the admin group and
exit if not.
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I suggest that both update-manager and the notificatoin bulb check whether the
user is in the admin group, which is a proposed approach for the menus too.