--- James Kosin <jkosin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "hicham" <hichamlinux@xxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" > <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:58 AM > Subject: yum yum > > > | hello > | > | do i have to use yum as root user ? > > YES. > > | isn't risky to connect to the net as root ? > > No, because you are not connecting to the net as > root you are running the > local application as root. > Ok... the root user has special priviledges that > > ....................................... .......................................... > If you allowed other users to run them, things would > be different and if the > application crashed you could be opening up a user > to gain root > privaledges.... > > I hope this helps, > James Kosin thanks it does > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Yahoo! Mail : votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Dialoguez en direct avec vos amis grâce à Yahoo! Messenger !Téléchargez Yahoo! Messenger sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com