On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Speaking of which, I am not exactly comfortable with why Fedora (or >> Ubuntu) allow any user to install updates using PackageKit without any >> root access (or sudo password). I feel that this is not really right >> from a security point of view.... > > I don't think that Ubuntu's ever had this issue and I'm pretty sure (I > hope!) that only F12 had it, very briefly. Isn't that how Packagekit behaves for updates? It only asks for the root password when some new package is installed because of dependencies. At least that is my experience in F13 and F14. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
