On Sun, 3 May 2009 10:18:49 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtu...@vianet.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 07:29:07AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Bret Busby wrote: > > > Before I try it, please advise whether, in removing the sudo > > > facility for users, the package management (both > > > adding/removing packages, and, downloading and installing > > > updates, and using synaptic) will work by entering only the > > > root password. > > > > The package management software just needs root privileges. It > > doesn't care how it got them. > > > > Nobody is suggesting anything exotic here. Sudo is intended to be > > configured by the system administrator. That's you. > > However, does the package management software (as aptitude does) > store user preferences in the home directory? If, for example, you > always run aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when > prompted, it stores your preferences in your home directory. If > you later run aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active. > Also, vis-versa. > > Doug. > I don't think that aptitude will run as $user, Douglas. It always runs as root. At least, that's what it's always told me when I've mistakenly tried to run it as $user. -- Raquel http://www.byraquel.com ============================================================ They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. --Carl W. Buechner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
