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Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

Posted Nov 19, 2009 14:33 UTC (Thu) by kragil (subscriber, #34373)
In reply to: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages by nye
Parent article: Fedora 12 lets unprivileged users install packages

I agree.

Ways to appease the very vocal minority.

Don't allow it for guests or remote users. (I guess that is the default.)
Only allow updates to packages. (Only the admin can install NEW software)

Most importantly: Make a Fedora server spin with sane server defaults so all the server admins with too much time at their hands will shut up :P

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