Comment 4 for bug 80753

i'd like to complete that report with my point of view
let me know if i have to fill another report instead

With Ubuntu :

when you launch services-admin from the Administration menu, it let you see your services without being able to make any change unless you unlock it with password

when you launch synaptic from Administration menu, you 1st need password to see your packages.
i think that user should be able to run synaptic from Administration menu to see his packages and synpatic should propose an Unlock button to allow the user to do some changes.
I think this is the idea behind Policykit.

User should be able to open Synaptic and browse (not doing changes on them) his packages without password from Administration menu

(ubuntu jaunty alpha)