apt-watch

[Frank McCormick]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:45:12 +0200
Carsten <carscht at jpberlin.de> wrote:

> Frank McCormick schrieb:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Just installed apt-watch on the panel --- it downloaded 60 megs of
> > upgrades...but then when I tried to get it to run synaptic, it
> > refused the root password ( I don't have a root account). Is this a
> > bug or am I missing something ?
> 
> Is there any reason for which you don't use ubuntu-notifier instead?
> As  far as I can see the functionaliy of both is pretty much the same.
>  ubuntu-notifier uses gnome-sudo while you probably have to call 
> apt-watch with sudo per command line to give it root permissions. If
> you  don't, it asks for the root password when started and as you
> don't have  one set you can't enter it. :-)
> Carsten


  Sort of like the " can't get there form here story ". I gather
ubunto-notifier is not a Warty program ??


Cheers