Thanks for your bugreport. This is fixed in dapper and edgy. Update-notifier will only start if the user has permissions to do administrative tasks (admin group).
Cheers, Michael -- Breezy: update-notifier starts in desktop-user session, but cannot function https://launchpad.net/bugs/45766 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
