Local users get to play root?

Jeff Garzik jgarzik at pobox.com
Thu Nov 19 00:54:15 UTC 2009


On 11/18/2009 07:43 PM, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Jeff Garzik (jgarzik at pobox.com) said:
>> This sounds like a tacit admission that the default install for
>> servers is bloody stupid (== same as desktop), unless the admin
>> REMOVES packages we helpfully installed on the server system.
>
> PackageKit has only ever been included in destkop package groups.
> While these groups are enabled by default, they are with the caveat of:
>
> "The default installation of Fedora includes a set of software
> applicable for general internet usage."

Completely irrelevant, because...  setroubleshoot and other useful 
server tools REQUIRE PackageKit.


> (This was all easily verifyable, if you'd prefer to look, instead
> of rant.)

Pot, meet kettle.  Run a dependency query next time.

	Jeff






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