Update Notifier for Non Administrators

Registered by Scott Dier

Update Notifier is currently of little use to non-administrator users. In fact, it is not run when the user is not in the administrators group. A mode specifically set by an administrator should exist so that the notification daemon can inform the user of update notes and prompt for reboots when needed.

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Drafter:
Scott Dier
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Needs approval
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New
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Deferred
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Couldn't generate effective discussion.
Shouldn't be hard to implement (now that I read the spec). If you need guidiance, let me know -- mvo

I'm actually not going to be employed by UMN/CS on 11/1/06, but I'll pass this on to the staff member that may work on it. -- sdier

This is implemented in intrepid, update-notifier runs for non-admins and will prompt for upgrade notes and show reboot required notifications.

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