-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gordon Messmer wrote:
>> Is it possible to install X (X server and simple X window manager) >> by non-super user? (on RH) > >It isn't. It's not even possible to install the X server from source in >an alternate location as a non-root user, since some executables >(notably the server itself) have to be SUID to function correctly. >Non-root users can not create SUID root binaries. > >If you want non-root users to be able to install software, you need to >at least install "sudo" and configure it. This can allow specific users >to execute some (or all) programs as the root user. I would qualify this a bit by making it clear that X, presumably due to its hardware-access requirements, is a special case. Most software certainly can be installed and run by a normal user, by specifying a - --prefix that is user-writable (e.g., home directory). Another category of exceptions to this rule includes server software that requires access to ports below 1024 and cannot or should not be moved to a high port. Just wanted to draw that distinction, since user-installable software on a secure system is not a familiar concept to people who come from other operating systems. Cheers -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPPuxfr9BpdPKTBGtEQLgrgCfefUk6NO0uHzxwrU1h1TCZyecGowAoOnH mzaYb2uGTloNwM+O6RG885bm =pkIa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
