Re: Late authentication
On 2015-01-06, Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
> 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.
I'm pretty sure that the same was true of the Software Update
application in GNOME 2 (binary /usr/bin/gpk-update-viewer, from package
gnome-packagekit), but I can't find anything in the GNOME 3.x changelogs
pertaining to the change in behaviour. The same application on RHEL 6
(version 2.28.3) definitely checks for updates even when launched by a
normal user. I agree with the OP that it's probably a question of
tweaking PolicyKit.
--
Liam
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