Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

Fedora project leader Paul Frields has announced that the PackageKit policy that allowed non-root users to install packages will be changed. "After more discussion and thought, though, the package maintainers have posted to the fedora-devel-list mailing list agreeing to provide an update to Fedora 12's PackageKit. The update will require local console users to enter the root password to install new software packages." The message from Owen Taylor gives a good overview of the issue.

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