Yum and Yumex

Horst H. von Brand vonbrand at inf.utfsm.cl
Sat Dec 6 14:51:36 UTC 2008


Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com> wrote:

[...]

> Not really.  You're never going to come up with a perfect solution.  You
> can't please everyone...look at the flap regarding GDM defaulting to not
> permitting GUI root logins and how ticked people are at that, and I find
> that to be a rather minor annoyance.  Perhaps we add a "intended
> audience" option to the installer:
> 
> Novice Install: Install yum-protect-packages with reasonable lists,
> block root GUI logins, disable "yum -y" and other (potentially
> dangerous) automatic command line options, etc.  Full "training wheels,
> hockey equipment and short bus" mode.  The fun part here is determining
> which commands have dangerous options.  I know people who shouldn't be
> allowed to turn on a computer...much less use one.
> 
> Standard Install: Essentially what we have now.
> 
> Advanced Install: No restrictions (permit GUI root logins, etc.)

Every newbie will select "Advanced" ("I'm /certainly/ an /advanced/ user, I
can install Linux!")...

> Wow!  This idea may cause the maintainers NOTHING but headaches!  Sorry
> I brought it up, guys!  Don't hit me!

Won't help much. Self-clasification ends with everybody in the highest
level.
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