[Bug 873826] Re: No password required when using update manager from top right ribbon shutdown

[Marc Deslauriers]

This was a deliberate change introduced in Ubuntu 11.10:

policykit-desktop-privileges (0.6) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Allow local admins to update already installed software without password.
  * Update passwordless time zone configuration to GNOME 3.

 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com>   Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:43:39
+0100

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security

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Title:
  No password required when using update manager from top right ribbon
  shutdown

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  If I click on the upper left symbol in Unity and type update to select
  the update manager I do get prompted for my password to install
  updates.   However, if I used the symbol on the upper right to
  shutdown the machine and instead select "Software is Up to Date" to
  force a check to see if new updates are available or just use that
  path to install updates that are available then I am not prompted for
  a password.   I had another Ubuntu user verify he was also seeing this
  behavior.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 13 20:58:24 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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