On Monday 04 May 2009 19:10:44 Harry Rickards wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > Harry Rickards wrote: > >> But if they can run aptitude in the first place, surely they could > >> either su to root or use sudo to read or delete the files. Just my > >> opinion. > > > > Aptitude doesn't need root to run. I tell my users to check aptitude if > > they want to find out if I'm willing to install it (largely because I'm > > lazy and running a hobby system). You only need root to commit changes. > > Sorry, yeah I was thinking of aptitude as in 'aptitude install bash', > not aptitude as the gui-based tool.
This applies just as much to the CLI. Aptitude will run for any user, but only root can commit changes. I frequently run aptitude at at the CLI as an ordinary user to use e.g. search, and then change to root if I decide to install. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
