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

[gordon dunlop]

2009/11/20 Andrew Clayton <andrew at digital-domain.net>

> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:29 +0000, Robert Ladyman wrote:
>
>  The good news is, this is being reverted.
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-November/msg01445.html
>
>
 I think people will be happier with this, the only way package kit could be
used without a root password and be acceptable for security and System
Administrators was if the package kit could be configurable by the System
Administrator so only admin-vetted packages could be downloaded.

Gordon



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