Re: Late authentication

[Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org>]

On 05/01/15 22:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 04 ian 15, 17:02:12, August Karlstrom wrote:
>> I run Debian Wheezy with a simple window manager (Blackbox). If I remember
>> correctly, in Ubuntu some applications like Synaptic and Update Manager ask
>> for sudo password only when/if needed.
>>
>> How do I configure the system so I can launch for instance Update Manager as
>> normal user, check if there are any updates available and then provide the
>> sudo password only if the system is to be updated? As Far as I understand
>> the authentication is handled by Polkit.
> 

I don't believe Synaptic works that way, but Apper, available in Wheezy
repositories, does. However, it's a KDE utility, so may not suit your
purpose.



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