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Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 2:45 UTC (Thu) by linuxjacques (subscriber, #45768)
In reply to: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages by tonyblackwell
Parent article: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

I was reading those replies from the Redhat employees and I kept thinking
"are you people all insane?"

It seems that the best solution for now is 'yum erase PackageKit'


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Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 12:34 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

How about thinking:

"Gee these guys may have a point, let me try to figure out why they think
they way they do even if they might be wrong ultimately"

Because they actually do have a point and they actually are not wrong about
it.

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