I want to set Ubuntu/Lubuntu [10.04] to automatically install security updates for a normal desktop user (user has no root privileges).
If I set Ubuntu/Lubuntu [10.04] to Automatically Install Updates in the background will it still install the security updates if the user logged in is not apart of the administrator group?
Best Answer
Create a file of name, say,
local.pkla
, in the directory/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d
, whose content should beThe text between square brackets is simply a comment, and you should substitute
enzotib
with the real username you want to give the ability to useupdate-manager
without password.To see possible
Action
s, runpkaction
.Reference: pklocalauthority manual page.
See also manual pages of pkaction, pkcheck, pkexec, polkit, polkitd.