Local users get to play root?

[Jon Ciesla]

Seth Vidal wrote:
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>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Jon Ciesla wrote:
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>> Seth Vidal wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Jon Ciesla wrote:
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>>>> nodata wrote:
>>>>> Am 2009-11-18 18:08, schrieb nodata:
>>>>>> Yikes! When was it decided that non-root users get to play root?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ref:
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is horrible!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to elaborate:
>>>>>
>>>>> A local user is allowed to install software on the machine without 
>>>>> being prompted for the root password.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a recipe for disaster in my opinion.
>>>>>
>>>> So much for granting shell access on my servers. . .
>>>
>>> You have PackageKit installed on servers? really?
>>>
>>>
>>> -sv
>>>
>> I do if it's in the default DVD install, or was pulled in in an 
>> upgrade. I've never intentionally installed it, and yes I do.  Never 
>> imagined it would be a problem.  I'll remove it.
>>
>
> Maybe you and I have a different concept of 'Servers'. But I tend to 
> install @core only and then remove items whenever I can for a server.
>
> If it is a bad day I'll install X b/c something requires it but for 
> servers I try to avoid anything beside the barest minimal I can have.
>
> -sv
>
That's generally my MO as well.  Sometime, however, as I have mostly 
legacy hardware, some machines need to perform multiple functions.  
Really, though sometimes it's nice to tunnel a GUI through SSH, if I 
want to browse the repo that way.  Usually yum search, etc is enough.  
Sometimes it's not, quite.

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