Local users get to play root?
nodata
lsof at nodata.co.uk
Wed Nov 18 19:01:37 UTC 2009
Am 2009-11-18 19:14, schrieb Rahul Sundaram:
> On 11/18/2009 11:44 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>
>> Besides other issues listed, the packages being installed may be privileged
>> programs that the admin doesn't want on the system, may start services or
>> schedule runs at specified times by default which might considered a
>> problem by the admin, the extra packages may use up too much disk space
>> and cause problems.
>
> This assumes the user is different from a admin, which is not true for a
> personal desktop. This revolves back to what the default target
> audience should be. PackageKit target audience is defined at
>
> http://www.packagekit.org/pk-profiles.html
>
> If it doesn't match what Fedora wants, then it should be tweaked but the
> larger question should be addressed first.
>
> Rahul
>
Rahul, it seems to be that the person who made this change (fesco
approved?) is the one who should answer why the change is a good thing,
rather than "oh I changed it, now tell me why it's bad". Do you know who
it was?
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