update-notifier not started if UID < 500
Bug #294569 reported by
David Schweikert
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-notifier
My UID is 352. It is like that to match my UID on the NFS file-server. Now since my upgrade to intrepid I don't see the update-notifier anymore (I didn't notice it until now!). The reason for that is the following code:
gboolean
system_user()
{
/* do not start for system users, e.g. the guest session
* (see /usr/share/
*/
uid_t uid = getuid();
if (uid < 500)
return TRUE;
return FALSE;
}
That's really ugly! Make that 500 configurable, please.
Related branches
lp:update-notifier/ubuntu
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lp:~dennis/update-notifier/apt-proxies
- Dennis Kaarsemaker: Pending requested
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Same problem, I login from a nis server and my UID is inferior to 500.
The "--force" parameter would be a good workaround, don't you think?