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Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 1:06 UTC (Thu) by ofeeley (guest, #36105)
In reply to: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages by elanthis
Parent article: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Except that that basic security doesn't allow trusted, local desktop users to easily install packages. (Read your children or other relatives as a synonym for trusted, local desktop users).

If there is anything to get excited about it's the lack of clear signaling of this change and the lack of simple ways to revert it.


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