Hi, I'm looking for a way to enable non-root users to install packages on their local machines, but not removing/purging them.
I know that probably the proper way to achieve that is PackageKit, but I was wondering if there is also a way to allow the use of apt-get, with constraints for certain options. A possible solution would be an entry like this in the /etc/sudoers: user host=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get update user host=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get install [[\:alpha\:]]* user host=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get -s install [[\:alpha\:]]* However, apt-get accepts options even after specifying the package list and also allows to remove packages by appending a minus sign. For example, with the above entries: apt-get install -q <package> will fail, however, apt-get install <package> - won't. Also, apt-get install <package>- allows the removal of packages which we don't want. Is there a sane way to use /etc/sudoers like above or should we completely refrain from that and use PackageKit? Regards, Adrian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1330011138.26511.6.camel@z6
