[dundee] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

[Robert Ladyman]

Yes, when I read it my first thought was that it was a placing of desktop-user 
convenience over security. OpenSuSE has PackageKet as well but you still have 
to put in the root password - in 11.1 you could get it to permanently remember 
the password (the user could!) which was a bit naughty as well: this seems to 
have disappeared in 11.2, or at least there have been so few updates as yet 
that I haven't had to accept any and check the options - it isn't the default 
to allow installation, though.

> 2009/11/19 Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>
> 
> > Oh dear...
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/
> 
>  I have to use a root password for yumex & yum the main repository handlers
> for Fedora 12. What they are talking about is package kit (which I do not
> have on my system), that is used by session users to manage packages. So it
> is not like using YaST (German translation - just another installer) or
> Synaptic to download packages without a root password. Obviously until
> implications are further explained and discussions made via the different
> Fedora mailing lists I really cannot comment any further.
> 
> Gordon
> 
> > -

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